Contemporary Composer
Creating soundscapes
that transcend time
Bridging tradition and innovation through contemporary classical music, film scores, devotional music and experimental sound design
Bridging tradition and innovation through contemporary classical music, film scores, devotional music and experimental sound design
Born in 1981 in Transylvania, Romania, Alin Gherman relocated to Belgium at age 11, where he embarked on his journey as a composer and self-taught musician. He later studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Daniel Capeletti, and at the Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie with Zbigniew Bargielski and Marek Chołoniewski.
Supported by a scholarship from the Swiss Confederation, he continued studies in instrumental theatre at the Bern University of the Arts with Georges Aperghis, Xavier Dayer, Eric Gaudibert and Pierre Sublet, and completed a film music program at the Zurich University of the Arts with Domenico Ferrari.
He has taken part in international masterclasses and composed the soundtrack for Ein Werktag, performed live at the Winterthur Short Film Festival (2009). His work has been commissioned by the Tonhalle Zürich, Concours de Genève, Pro Helvetia, the European Contemporary Orchestra and Musiques Nouvelles.
He is a prizewinner of the Beijing Modern Music Festival YCP Competition 2011 and Icon Arts Romania 2005, with works presented at the ISCM Musicarama 2015 Hong Kong and Expo 2015 Milan. Published by Éditions Papillon.
Following his encounter with Native American ceremonial music traditions and the sacred currents of Kirtan chanting, his path unfolds as a living offering — music becoming a vessel for inner transformation. As a yogi, he now serves through the creation of prayerful musical forms and ritual soundscapes, holding space for the expansion of awareness and the gentle awakening of the inner Light.
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"...to make music with some personal sounds..."
Crafting metal spoons chimes at H.K.B. Workshop, Bern, Switzerland
Select instruments are available for professional use through the Centre International de Percussion, Geneva, Switzerland. All other instruments remain the property of the composer.
Natural stone with unique resonant qualities
Handcrafted metallic percussion instruments
Recycled metal creating distinctive timbres
Precisely tuned tubes for ethereal sounds
Delicate glass producing crystalline tones
“If at all there is anything in this world which can change the human heart in a very quick time, it is music.”
— Swami Sivananda
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Beijing Modern Music Festival, 2011
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Gallery"Music gives a higher type of emotional enjoyment and infuses in all the ecstatic state of Bhava Samadhi or superconsciousness through dissolution in pure feeling."
— Sri Swami Vidyananda
"The images are part of the Music"
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