Jürgen Meyer-Metzenthin was born 8-14-1955 in Dortmund (West-Germany).
He studied classical guitar with Laurie Randolph at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and also took private lessons with the American jazz-pianist Walter Norris. After his studies he performed as a classical guitar soloist and with his own jazz-groups – he also worked as a studio-musician and with different orchestras.
Since 1988 he concentrated more on composing music. He began writing own pieces for his jazz-groups, later he composed chamber-music and solo-pieces for violoncelle, guitar and piano. In 1990 he succeeded in writing music for a performance of the dancer Ismael Ivo, that was first performed at the Vienna Dance-Weeks. A scholarship from the German “Paul Woitschach-Stiftung” gave him the opportunity to study composition with the composer and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer from 1993 to 1995 in Cologne.
Since 1994 he received several prizes for his music (“Europa-Musik-Festival 1993”, “Neue Salonmusik” 1996, “Wiener Sommerseminar für Neue Musik” 1998).
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