Ermano Maggini

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Ermano Maggini (born August 30, 1931 in Intragna TI , † December 19, 1991 ibid) was a Swiss music teacher and composer .

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Ermano Maggini received his education at the Music Academy in Zurich , where he lived for forty years. As a co-founder of the Zurich Guitar School, he trained many vocational students on this instrument, as a theory and instrumental teacher also worked at other schools. Intragna remained a refuge for his compositional work.

Maggini's oeuvre , which emerged in just two decades, comprises 56 works ( song cycles , choral works , string quartets , quintets, works for solos and orchestra). Compositions were premiered by the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Marc Andreae , the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under Christof Escher , the Winterthur City Orchestra under Mario Venzago and the Zurich Symphony Orchestra under Jérôme Kaltenbach . Further chamber music concerts, radio and CD recordings have made many of his works accessible to a wider audience. Shortly before his death, the composer founded the Fondazione Ermano Maggini. The original manuscripts went to the Zurich Central Library in 1999 .

Discography

  • Organ triptych: Via Crucis - Ultima verba Christi . Erich Vollenwyder at the organ of the Enge Church in Zurich. Patmos, Zurich 1992.
  • Works for violin, guitar and double bass (OrchesTrio Zürich) / Works for flute and soprano ( Werner Zumsteg , Jeannette Fischer): Torso IV ; Cinque disegni ; Trilogy ; Canto V ; Canto XVII ; Between heaven and earth . Swiss Scene, Jecklin, 1995.
  • Works by Ermano Maggini for clarinet, violoncello and piano: Torso III ; Cinque visioni ; Torso VIII ; Torso IX ; Torso X ; Canti I-III . Trio Zemlinsky. Swiss Scene, Zurich 1993.
  • Ermano Maggini. Gewandhaus Quartet Leipzig; Tadashi Tajima (Shakuhachi), Fumio Shirato (double bass), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Annick Gautier (violoncello), conducted by Christof Escher. Scene Switzerland Jecklin, 2000.
  • The string quartets. Gewandhaus Quartet Leipzig. Scene Switzerland, Jecklin, 2004.

Literature (selection)

  • On the performance of Canto XII in Zurich, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from May 15, 1986
  • On the world premiere of «Urakeml» and his 60th birthday, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung on August 31, 1991
  • Chamber music by Ermano Maggini, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from December 17, 1994
  • On the Ermano Maggini Foundation, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 21, 1992
  • Evi Kliemand: Ermano Maggini (1931-1991) - Places of Creation, Places of Encounter - A Swiss Composer, Müller & Schade, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-905760-15-6

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personal data
SURNAME Maggini, Ermano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Intragna TI
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1991
Place of death Intragna TI