Burkhard Beins

Burkhard Beins is a German composer and percussionist, born in Lower Saxony in 1964 and based in Berlin since 1995. He works with percussion combined with selected objects, live electronics and analogue synthesizers, in improvised and composed music as well as sound installations. He is closely tied to the Berlin Echtzeitmusik scene and is a member of the ensemble Polwechsel. Beins has performed since the late 1980s. His groups include Polwechsel, Activity Center, Perlonex, The Sealed Knot, Trio Sowari, Sawt Out and the Splitter Orchester.