Born in Lienz in 1969, Gander studied piano and conducting at the Tyrolean
Provincial Conservatoire and composition with Beat Furrer in Graz.
He also studied at the Studio UPIC in Paris with Julio Estrada and Curtis Roads and
at the Swiss Centre for Computer Music in Zurich.
2004 he has received the Musikförderungspreis of the City of Vienna, Erste Bank
Composition Prize, a government grant in 2005. Also he received commissions from
Klangforum Wien, Musikprotokoll, Konzerthaus, Wien Modern, Ensemble Modern
and Donaueschingen (2008).
C. F. Peters Musikverlag Frankfurt
Leipzig · London · New York
www.edition-peters.de
His works have been performed in Zürich, Paris, New York, Seattle, Griechenland,
Japan, Korea as well as at numerous festivals, such as Wien Modern, Klangspuren,
hörgänge, zeittontage (ORF)