Stephen Emmer - music composer, arranger, artist
Stephen Emmer is an independent Dutch composer/arranger/artist hailing from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He has recorded for and written, performed and collaborated with a variety of great artists such as Lou Reed, Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Leon Ware, Midge Ure, Julian Lennon, Glenn Gregory, Billy MacKenzie, Mary Griffin, Peter Coyle, Claudia Brucken and Martha Ladley to name but a few. On top of that he has worked with legendary producers like Tony Visconti, Flood, Trevor Horn, Steve Power, Martin Hannett, Nigel Gray and Bob Power.
In the 70’s he started writing avant-garde type music whilst playing in various bands, like Minny Pops, The Associates and The Lotus Eaters. He’s also known as a composer for media projects and became Holland’s first in-house composer for the Dutch public broadcasting organization NOS, next to creating musical work for art exhibitions, experimental film projects, show events, radio shows, documentaries and short feature films.
Next to being responsible for the ‘custom made award for best tv music’ for Promax BDA he was the judge-president for the official Dutch Music and Sounddesign Award and the main founder of the Buma Music In Motion conference.
Throughout the years he won several awards for artistic excellence, such as an award at the prestigious Prix de Rome back in 1988. Stephen Emmer got rewarded for his work with the Buma Oeuvre Award Multimedia in 2020.
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