York Höller is acclaimed for pioneering scores, many of which explore the fusion of live and electronic sounds * Music combines modernist techniques, references to Romanticism, and refined French-influenced orchestration * Invited by Boulez to compose at IRCAM and by Stockhausen to WDR in Cologne, where he became Director of the Electronic Studio * His Bulgakov opera The Master and Margarita (1989) was premiered at the Paris Opera * Interpreters include Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, Arditti Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and conductors Boulez, Barenboim, Zagrosek, Gielen, Eötvös, Bychkov and Zender
Works by York Höller include: Fanal (1990) for trumpet and small orchestra Aura (1991-92) for orchestra Gegenklänge (1997) for ensemble Sphären (2001–06) for large orchestra
"Höller's Piano Concertois scored with absolute mastery, and fashioned with notable finesse and delicacy ... it has shape, direction and clear design." — Financial Times
