Alfred Felder
Alfred Felder (born September 2, 1950 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss musician .
Life
He studied violoncello and composition at the Lucerne School of Music . After his teaching diploma with distinction, he completed further studies at the Mozarteum University of Music and Performing Arts in Salzburg with a soloist diploma . He won study and sponsorship prizes from the Migros Cultural Foundation and master classes with Paul Tortelier .
Alfred Felder was solo cellist in various chamber orchestras and from 1977 to 1983 a member of the Lucerne Festival Strings . As a soloist and chamber musician, he has given concerts in most European countries as well as in Canada, India, China and Japan. He made various radio and vinyl recordings.
From 1981 until his retirement in summer 2016, Alfred Felder was a violoncello teacher at the Winterthur Conservatory (today part of the Zurich University of the Arts ).
Works
As a composer, he has received commissions from the City of Zurich, the Tonhallegesellschaft Zurich , the Musikkollegium Winterthur , the Festival Strings Lucerne , the Swiss Chamber Philharmonic , the Forum for New Music and the Theater am Gleis, among others . His orchestral works have been played at various festivals, including Tokyo, the Osaka Festival, South Africa, Russia, the USA and the Lucerne Festival . For the Concours International de Violon Shlomo Mintz in 2005 and 2006 he composed the compulsory pieces (Capriccio and Variations for Violin Solo).
The commissioned work “âtesh” for solos, mixed choir and large orchestra was premiered on January 11th and 12th, 2007 with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and the Concert Choir Harmonie as a Swiss contribution to the 2007 UNESCO year. The German premiere of âtesh was played on October 25, 2011 in the great hall of the Berlin Philharmonic by the three choirs Berlin Concert Choir, Concert Choir Harmonie Zurich and GF Handel Children's Choir.
As a commission from the Musikkollegium Winterthur, his violin concerto "open secret" was premiered in a subscription concert. His string quartet - also a commission from the Musikkollegium Winterthur - has already been played by several quartets. a. on a tour of Argentina by the Sarastro Quartet, which it also recorded on CD.
On March 8, 2012, his commissioned work “khamush” for bass-baritone, mixed choir and large orchestra was successfully premiered in the Tonhalle Zurich with the Concert Choir Harmonie and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
He received a composition commission from the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt, "delaram" music for baritone and large orchestra was successfully premiered on February 13, 2015 with Robert Koller , as a baritone under the direction of Zsolt Hamar .
Felder's works are published by the Swiss music edition SME, Breitkopf & Härtel , Gilgenreiner and KaNo. The compositions for children and young people also include the work “Water Games”, which has been awarded by the European String Teachers Association (ESTA), and numerous performances of his works have been released on CD. All of his manuscripts are in the Zurich Central Library.
Honors
In 2018, Alfred Felder received the Carl Heinrich Ernst Art Prize from the Art Foundation of the same name in Winterthur for his life's work as a composer. Various compositions have been awarded the title “educationally particularly valuable” by the Association of German Music Schools.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alfred Felder at musinfo.ch
- ↑ "You could dance to it inside" . In: Der Landbote , May 30, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2019
- ↑ Jürg Huber: DIE TO LIFE - world premiere by Alfred Felder . In, NZZ, January 13, 2007
- ↑ Orchestra Musikkollegium Winterthur . In: srf.ch - broadcasts, January 10, 2008, 8:00 p.m., accessed on July 15, 2019
- ^ Sarastro Quartet: Repertoire , accessed on July 15, 2019
- ↑ Sibylle Ehrimann: border crossings between word and sound . In: Der Landbote, March 2012, accessed on July 15, 2019
- ^ Herbert Büttiker: Life on the other side. World premiere of Alfred Felder's «Delaram» . In: Schweizer Musikzeitung, March 5, 2015, accessed on July 15, 2019
- ↑ Alfred Felder at Gilgenreiner
- ↑ «It's fantastic when you know the musicians» . In: Der Landbote from November 13, 2018, accessed on July 15, 2019
Web links
- alfredfelder.ch , the musician's own website
- Literature by and about Alfred Felder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alfred Felder at musinfo.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Felder, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cellist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |