About Paul Gelsing

Who is Paul Gelsing?

I was born in 1967. I am married with children and earn a living as IT-manager.

It was not until 2009 that I started to compose 'for real'. Since then I've working without interruption on music of almost any genre, winning several composition prizes and producing a steady output of commissioned works.

My real joy is in the making process: immersing myself in the vast ocean of creativeness.

Below, a small selection of highlights.

Profielfoto

  • Sep. 2018

    Soundtrack for 'In limbo,' a short film featured at several Dutch and international festivals. For piano and cello.

  • Jan. 2018 - Now

    Pianist and composer for 'Mag ik vragen wat dit te betekenen heeft?', a storytelling performance by Onder De Appelboom.

  • Sep. 2017

    Successful staging of 'Oeverloos' in the beautiful surroundings of the river Maas. Featuring ballet, theatre and stills. Over a thousand visitors.

  • Jun. 2017

    'Het wachtend leven van Kwijntje Mols', a musical theatre performance by Le Nuove Musiche. Premiered June 4, during the Monteverdi festival in Amersfoort (http://monteverdixl.com/).

  • Jan. 2016

    Premiere performance of 'Five Country Scenes' by the FOH Youth Orchestra (Den Bosch, NL)

  • Mar-Jul 2015

    Composition assignment for 'Oeverliefdes', an open air theatrical walk. Multiple performances in July of that year, with a total audience of over 1200 people

  • April 2015

    Second edition New meets Newer. Including the first performance with altus Hugo Naessens, 'Letse Klets'

  • May 2014:

    Artistic Director of 'New meets Newer', festival for contemporary music

  • May 2014:

    Finalist of the 'Nicola Dando Composition Competition' for 'Love' (mixed choir a capella); July 4, London (GB)

  • Jan. 2014

    Composition assignment for 'Song of the Rigging', premiered on May 24 by Septime (Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Contrabass)

  • Sep. 2013

    'Oh, how I dote on thee!' selected for '15 Minutes of Fame', performed in New York, by Katherine Crawford and Rebecca Ashe

  • Jun. 2013

    Composition assignment for the soundtrack of 'Natuur dicht bij huis,' a documentary film by Stichting Het Brabants Landschap

  • May 2013

    'Première laine' selected for '15 Minutes of Fame', performed in Bucharest, by Georgeta Stoleriu and Violetta Stefanescu

  • Mar. 2013

    Composition assignment from the 'Sambuca Recorder Ensemble', Eindhoven (for festival 'Muziek op de Dommel', June 1, 2013)

  • Feb. 2013

    First prize in the 'Oberon Spring Contest 2013' (Richmond, VA) for String Quartet

  • Jan. 2013

    OssiaMusica project 'Blue Sea and Sails', Oss

  • Aug. 2012

    OssiaMusica project 'Three Wings', Nijmegen

  • Jan. 2012

    Composition assignment for African-style children's opera 'Bayode en de Zee', Eindhoven (three performances in june of that year)

  • Nov. 2011

    Award of the public in the Dutch national composition contest 'Ook jouw stem telt' for choir a capella

  • Sep. 2011

    Jury member for the choir competition at the KW1C choir festival, 's-Hertogenbosch

  • May 2011

    OssiaMusica project 'OssiaMusica a Roma', Rome (IT)

  • Sep. 2009

    OssiaMusica project 'Requiem - Phases of Mourning', Oss, Tilburg, 's-Hertogenbosch

  • 1996

    BA in Classical Piano

  • 1995-1996

    Piano accompanist for students taking master courses in singing

  • 1991-1996

    Bachelor studies in classical piano and choir conducting at the Tilburg Music Conservatory

  • 1989

    Msc. in Business Informatics at Tilburg University

  • 1985-1986

    Founder and first choir master of College Choir 'Contrast'

  • 1985-1995

    Singer in projects of the Nederlands Studenten Kamerkoor and Brabant Koor

  • 1967

    Born in Oss, the Netherlands