Christian Klinkenberg (b. 1976) is a composer of new music and multimedia artist.
Klinkenberg's artistic interests stem from contemporary composition concepts, jazz and improvisation.
Klinkenberg's music has been performed by ensembles throughout Europe and the United States, including cities such as Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin, Helsinki, Rome, Florence, Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Luxembourg, and even London. Additionally, his opera has received two successful productions in New York.
In 2001 he founded his own Jazzensemble "Christian Klinkenberg Orchestra"
Klinkenberg is a member of the East-Belgian based ensemble “KL-EX” where he serves as one of the ensemble leaders, composer and creative collaborator.
Plötzlich Pinguin
Fridolin & Friederike
Häuser erzählen Geschichten
Kultivi"Ti"-ert
Des Kaisers neue Kleider
CDs under your own name:
2002 Christian Klinkenberg Orchestra: "Years"
2016 Christian Klinkenberg Orchestra: "Geo²" published by Neuklang
2019 KL-EX Ensemble "The Leaves That Hung But Never Grew", "Sieben Blätter", "Les feuilles qui pendaient mais ne s'ouvraient jamais" published by Neuklang
2020 KL-EX Ensemble "The Glacier" published by Neuklang
Belgian Music Days - Lemmens Institute Leuven
EUROMicrofest Freiburg (D)
'Microtones: Small is Beautiful 2017' - University Mozarteum Salzburg (AU)
Prepositions in Artistic Research' Free University of Brussels (B)
Congress International Music & Culture Audiovisual MUCA 2018 - University of Murcia (Spain)
TENOR 2018 (Fourth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation ) Conference Concordia University Montreal (Canada)
Brussels Jazz Marathon (Place Sablon)
Flagey Concert Hall (Brussels)
Bozar (Brussels)
Theatre Tilburg (NL)
Orgelpark (Amsterdam)
Abbaye de Neumünster (Lu)
ArtPul (Cologne)
Ludwigforum (Aachen)
Ballet "The Belltower"
Opera "The Cross of the Engaged"
String Quartet III
11 bells (see CD Geo²)
The Leaves That Hung But Never Grew
How Trees Talk?
Three Mother Goose Rhymes
Opera "The Glacier"
Live-Filmmusic "The Legionnaires"
Opera "1984"
Ciné-Concert "Charade"
June 1999 - PHPD Eupen - Dissertation: "Musiknotation in der Grundschule" (Music notation in elementary school)
June 2007 @ Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel - Composition (jazz department)
June 2011 @ Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel - Composition (classical department)
May 2020 @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel