Vacuum String Quartet
Sheremetev Palace; St. Petersburg, Russia

after Xin Qiji III (2021)--for amplified and prepared string quartet

Je suis venu au monde très jeune dans un monde très vieux

Henrik Ajax studied piano, composition and music theory in Paris, Würzburg and in Munich. As a student he received several stipends and prizes in composition competitions. He also worked as a piano improviser to silent films in Paris and with various jazz and rockn'roll groups in Europe and the USA. In 2017 the city of Munich granted him a stipend, financing a commission for three ensembles and in 2018 he was given the Artist Grant of the state of Bavaria. Ajax has been receiving commissions from a large number of ensembles, orchestras and choirs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Portugal, Japan and the USA for the last couple of years.
He lives in Munich, Germany.

b. 1999
composer/komponist
graduated from bachelor, tua(geidai), Tokyo/Japan
03.2023〜 02.2025 Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (Master, Klasse Prof. Mark Andre & Prof. Dr. Stefan Prins)
03.2025〜 Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (Konzertexamen, Klasse Prof. Luxa Mart*in Schüttler)

after Xin Qiji III (2021)--for amplified and prepared string quartet

Haotian Yu