24 | 2016 | Classical Composition of the Year | Michael Oesterle | | The JUNO Awards

Hometown: Deux-Montagnes, Quebec

Michael Oesterle (born 1968, Ulm, Germany) is a Canadian composer currently living in Deux-Montagnes, Québec, Canada. His pieces are written in the contemporary classical genre.

Oesterle’s works have been performed by ensembles including the Ives Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Contemporain du Montréal (ECM), the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Metamorphosen, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), the Chicago Civic Orchestra, les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto) the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Aventa Ensemble (Victoria), the Seiler Strings Chamber Orchestra (Toronto) and others.