Tom Gurin is an American composer based in Switzerland. As a 2023 laureate-resident at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, he was the recipient of a Mortimer Hays Traveling Fellowship from Brandeis University. He was the 2021-2022 recipient of a Fulbright-Harriet Hale Woolley Award at the United States Foundation in Paris. He is a Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation.
Gurin studied composition at Yale University, the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot”, the Royal Carillon School in Belgium, and privately with Allain Gaussin. He is currently a master’s student in mixed and multimedia composition at the Haute École de Musique de Genève.
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Forêt fossile (large ensemble)
Performed at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in June 2024.
À vapeur (electroacoustic)
Performed at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in February 2024 and at the Archipel Festival in Geneva in April 2024.
American Sonnet (baritone saxophone & feedback)
All Frequencies (carillon)
Cross Dissolve (clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
Bas-Relief (electroacoustic with video)
Glisten and Break (string quartet & piano)
Could Mortal Lip Divine (voice & live electronics)
Audiobook (amplified books & electronics)
