Armin Brunner

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Armin Brunner (born January 31, 1933 in Zollikon , Canton of Zurich ) is a Swiss conductor and media worker.

Live and act

Armin Brunner studied music (16 semesters) at the Zurich University of Music with Paul Müller-Zurich (conducting and composition / counterpoint), Rudolf Wittelsbach (theory, music history), Erich Vollenwyder (piano), Walter Henrich (violin / viola), Hans Rogner (Orchestral practice). During his studies he was Hans Rosbaud's assistant at the Zurich Opera House . From 1953 to 1973 he was director of the New Zurich Chamber Opera , later of the Swiss City Opera . Brunner founded the Musikszenische Studio Zürich in 1971 and was its director until 1983; he was also the conductor of the Frauenfeld oratorio choir.

Under Armin Brunner's direction Natascha Ungeheuer ( Hans Werner Henze ), Passion selon Sade ( Sylvano Bussotti ), hymns by Karlheinz Stockhausen and many others were premiered in Switzerland. He organized numerous simultaneous and walking concerts, the Zurich 3 x 5 hour concert , music for a Gropius house (for Porzellan-Rosenthal Selb), music for an art house (Aarau), in matters of Beethoven , ton-werk , the music of 1920s (Zurich, Theater 11) and the traveling exhibition Das Schriftbild der Musik (together with Fritz Muggler ).

Television DRS / music + ballet

In 1973 Armin Brunner came to the Swiss TV station DRS (as an editorial assistant). From 1979 to 1998 he was head of music for the television station DRS. Together with television director Adrian Marthaler, Brunner realized the so-called “narrative” music productions. In addition: the cyclical TV productions about Arthur Honegger, Othmar Schoeck, Mauricio Kagel and the Heinz Spoerli ballet cycle. Armin Brunner initiated the series of Musical Meditations at the DRS in which critical contemporaries (such as Wolfgang Hildesheimer , Eugen Drewermann , Wolf Biermann , Günter Wallraff , Christa Wolf , Adolf Muschg , the Dalai Lama , Martin Walser , Peter Bichsel , Hans Küng , Franz Hohler et al) "contradict" the texts of classical oratorios.

In 1990 Armin Brunner conceived and realized the major musical event Das Frankfurter Sonoptikum - the music of a century for the Alte Oper Frankfurt . In 1993 the media event was repeated with a new concept ( magic and counter-magic ). In 1996 he developed the arena concerts for the major bank UBS . On behalf of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Armin Brunner designed the celebration of the 250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on August 28, 1999 under the motto Goethe in der Welt - die Welt in Frankfurt .

In March 2000, the general opening of the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center (KKL) , conceived by Armin Brunner, took place under the title Congress of Voices . From summer 2000 until 2009, Armin Brunner was the artistic director of the traditional clubhouse concerts of Migros - Culture Percentage .

Awards (selection)

  • 1983: Zurich TV Prize (ad personam)
  • 1986: Gold Medal of Honor from the Zurich Government
  • 1985: Honorary doctorate from the University of Osnabrück
  • 1993: European Media and Communication Prize of the Association for the Promotion of the European Economy
  • 1997: The “Music and Ballet” editorial team at Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, headed by Brunner, was presented with around 30 regional, national and international prizes and awards.

Works

Silent films - newly set to music

Armin Brunner has set a large number of silent films to music, ie "compiled" them according to the principle of the silent film era:
Carmen ( Ernst Lubitsch ), Nosferatu ( Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau ), Battleship Potemkin ( Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein ), Metropolis ( Fritz Lang ) , Wilhelm Tell (1923) ( Rudolf Dworsky ), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Mysterious Lady with Greta Garbo and others

Texts

  • Can music become visible? Music publisher Sikorski, Hamburg 1988.
  • Laudation for Arvo Pärt. Design / production: medienpark, Zurich 2005.
  • Laudation for Daniel Schnyder. Design / production: medienpark, Zurich 2008
  • Laudation for Fabian Müller . Design / production: medienpark, Zurich 2012.
  • A piece of glass by the side of the road. A contribution to the discussion about Arvo Pärt. Jecklin, Zurich 1996.
  • Music from the spirit of the recorder. Lecture in Davos, 1997. Anniversary conference 25 years of Forum Davos, publisher: Forum Davos Foundation. Scientific Study Center March 1998 <

Videos

The 21 "Musical Meditations" of the Swiss television DRS (1985 - 2000), conductor: Armin Brunner

  • Cassette MM 2
    • Luise Rinser / Johann Sebastian Bach He overthrows the mighty from the throne
    • Hans Küng / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opium of the people?
    • Peter Bichsel / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Would you like to have been Mozart?

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Swiss television SRF, media release Ära Brunner
  2. ^ Swiss television SRF, list of titles of the musical meditations
  3. ↑ September 6, 1990: Four-day "Frankfurter Sonoptikum"
  4. ↑ Migros Culture Percentage, connection of word and music
  5. ↑ University of Osnabrück, honorary doctorate, Dr. hc Armin Brunner
  6. ↑ Armin Brunner at swissfilmmusic
  7. ^ Swiss television SRF, list of titles of the musical meditations
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss conductor and media representative
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Zollikon