Simon Schierup

About Simon Schierup

Teaching
Teaches composition, arranging and orchestration, world music, and supervises theses.

Short Biography
Simon Schierup is trained in classical piano, music theory, ensemble performance, arranging, and composition. He also holds a master’s degree in musicology.

As a freelancer, Simon works as an orchestral arranger and composer, many times in musically cross-genre contexts. As a freelance musician, he has been active in several different genres, though primarily within the field of world music.

Within the field of musicology, Simon Schierup has written about cultural diversity and music education, as well as how higher music education institutions can develop approaches to cultural diversity based on democratic principles and active collaboration with the surrounding community. Building on this work, Simon founded Spelrum – A Creative Arena for Cultural Meetings, an intercultural initiative open to both professional cultural practitioners and the general public interested in artistic exchange.