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Name: Dominic G.
Joutsen
Location: RUS
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Gender: Male
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About Me: I'm composer, enjoying writing orchestral music since 2003. It was a bit late for me to find (finally) my voice in music, and as a result I'm mostly self-taught. By education I'm a scholar with an M.A. in American history and currently I'm pursuing a Ph.D.
I compose for the most part for myself, only occasionally being commissioned - that has resulted in several videogame and movie scores. My concert music was first performed in 2007 by East-Flanders Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Bruno De Schaepdrijver.
Favorite composers: John Williams, Philip Glass, Hans Zimmer, John Tavener, John Adams, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Mychael Danna, Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, Jerry Goldsmith, Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Harry Gregson-Williams, Georg Friedrich Haendel, James Horner, Alan Hovhaness, James Newton Howard, Michael Kamen, Wojciech Kilar, Thomas Newman, Michael Nyman, Carl Orff, Arvo Paert, Steve Reich, Howard Shore, Jean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner, Inon Zur, etc.
Favorite piece of music: Akhnaten (P. Glass), Albinoni's Adagio (T. Albinoni/R. Giazotto), Carmina Burana (C. Orff), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J. Williams), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (H. Shore), Piano Concerto (M. Nyman), Piano Concerto (R. Schumann), Requiem (W.A. Mozart), Serenada Schizophrana (D. Elfman), Violin Concerto (P. Glass)
Favorite artist: Andrea Bocelli, Glenn Gould, Hilary Hahn
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If a musician, what is your instrument: I'm just a poor amateur instrumentalist, but I like making noises with keyboards, recorder, gemshorn, clarinet, duduk, bansuri, shakuhachi, kena, pifano, tinwhistle, mandolin, komus, dan moi and Tibetan singing bowl.
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Personal Website: www.MusicMakers-Online.com/M-00045
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Professional affiliations (ex: ASTA, MENC): I am a freelancer.
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