
ANDRÉ BUTTLER
Award-winning Composer
Biography
André Buttler was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 1993. He began his musical education at the age of 10 with piano and composition lessons with his music teacher Wolfgang Dietrich at his high school. At 14 he continued his composition lessons with the Hungarian composer István Nagy. He also learned cello and percussion with a focus on timpani.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 he was a laureate at the national composition competition of the Jeunesses Musicales Germany. In 2008 and 2009 he was honored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany at Talent Day for his special achievements as a young up-and-coming composer. In 2014 he was a scholarship holder of the GEMA European Music Author Scholarship.
In 2010 he began studying composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany) as a young student. He continued his studies in 2013 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster (Germany) in musicology and philosophy. André Buttler began his training as a film composer in 2017 at the Musicube Academy (Bonn, Germany) and continued his studies in 2018 at the ArtEZ University of Arts (Arnhem, Netherlands).
In addition to his studies, he also studied with various composers from Hollywood and London such as Garry Schyman, Joe Kramer, John Lunn, Anne-Kathrin Dern and Conrad Pope.
Filmography
Sampah - The Kingdom of Bantar Gebang
Documentary, 2021 (Germany)
P: Büro der Verhältnismäßigkeit e.V.
(in post-production)
Run2theEnd
Documentary, 2021 (Canada)
P: LOT17 Creative
(in pre-production)
The Female Odessy
Shortfilm, 2021 (Germany)
D, P: Eve Exley-Carvajal, Jessica Trocha, Jenny E. Kleine
(in pre-production)
Linnea
Shortfilm, 2021 (Germany)
D, P: Fabiano Bernardi
(in post-production)
Mara
Shortfilm, 2021 (Germany)
D, P: Jenny E. Kleine
(in pre-production)
Pastéque
Shortfilm, 2021 (Germany)
D, P: Rebekka Geltthofer
Short-Filmmusical, 2020 (Germany)
D: Alisa Kolosova, P: Luisa Gross
Nominated for the "Blaue Blume Filmpreis"
Shortfilm, 2019 (Germany)
D: Alisa Kolosove, P: Mike Fuhrmann
Short Documentary, 2017 (USA)
D, P: Colton Kugler
Audience Award at "Bonner Kurzfilmfest 2017"
Mood Trailer, 2017 (Germany)
Animation: Daniel Lieske
Documentary, 2009 (Germany)
D: Thomas Riedelsheimer, P: Stefan Tolz, Thomas Riedelsheimer
Awards:
"Dokubibel" at Biberacher Filmfestspiele
"Gilde-Filmpreis" for Best Documentary (Abreitsgemeinschaft Kino - Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater)
Adolf-Grimme-Award
Concert Music
Das kleine Ich-bin-Ich
2019
for narrator, six cellos and piano
Based on the children´s book by Mira Lobe
Commissioned by Celloro
Strings & Drums
2018
for violin, band and percussion
Commissioned by Conservatorio Profesional de Música Vincente Lillo Cánovas (Spain)
ICH...Sindbad!
2014
for soli, choir and orchestra
Libretto by André Buttler
Commissioned by Musikgemeinschaft Marl e. V.
Näher betrachtet
2011
for percussion ensemble
Nebula
2010
for oboe, viola, percussion, harp and piano
Dialoge
2009
for clarinet, violin, viola and cello
Langsam-Schnell
2008
for piano solo