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Biography
Peter Michael von der Nahmer (“Mike) is a composer, sound researcher and Maker of Transformative Theater based in New York City. His American/German/Cuban heritage influences the questions of identity, complexity, and transcendent connection that shape his music. He has written over 27 works for music theater and dance, and over 50 works for concert and film; many have received national/international awards, and been performed around the world. Most recently he was awarded the 2016 McKnight Visiting composer residency, where he will work on new musical theater pieces concerning the German origins of residents of New Ulm, MN.
Mike holds a B.A. in composition from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich and an M.A. in Music Therapy from the University of Augsburg. He holds certificates in Film Scoring from the UCLA, and in Music Pain Treatment (music therapy treatment for patients with chronic pain) from the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. In May 2015, he received an M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University, where he held a Tisch School of the Arts Departmental Fellowship.
Mike studied under Broadway Composers Mel Marvin and Fred Carl, classical composer Hans Jürgen Wenzel, and film composers Thomas Newman, Jeff Rona, Lee Sanders, and Craig Stuart Garfinkle. He later studied traditional Chinese music with composer Wang Ai Qun. Beyond his formal training, he was influenced by his father, an artist and healer who was later a Hindu priest; by traditional forms of healing, fairytales and myth; and by traditional Jewish and Indian music. His work naturally connects western classical music with other musical forms.
There are no productions for this artist in the Season Schedule of Performances which currently only dates back to 1991.
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