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Lars Werdenberg was born in Basel and was taught early in the art of theory and composition. He studied at the Musikhochschule Basel under the tutelage of Jürg Wyttenbach (piano) and Detlev Müller-Siemens (composition). Lars completed master classes headed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Helmut Lachenmann, Peter Eötvös and Beat Furrer and attended the Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt in the years 1998 and 2000. His music has been performed in Europe, Australia and Asia (Goethe Institute).
Lars Werdenberg won the Geraer Orchestra Prize and the Stuttgarter Orchesterwerkstatt des SWR. He was awarded the "Herrenhaus Edenkoben" stipend after being recomended by Peter Eötvös in 2008 and became a resident student at the 2009 Ostrava Days for New Music.
Lars is a member of the board for the IGNM Basel and has been occupied with non-commercial European and American folk music for quite some time.