Arthur Furer
Arthur Furer (born March 28, 1924 in Worb ; † November 8, 2013 in Bern ) was a Swiss musician and composer .
Live and act
Furer studied at the University of Bern and was solo violist in the Bern Chamber Orchestra and violinist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra and, among other things, in the chamber ensemble of Radio Bern . From 1952 to 1988 he was a music teacher at the Marzili Municipal Seminary and led choirs. In 1955 he was honored at the 6th Concorso Internazionale di Musica "GB Viotti". He was also awarded the Pro Arte Foundation Prize in 1966 for his own compositions , and in 1984 the Music Prize of the Canton of Bern . In his own words he was "[k] connected to a contemporary school".
Web links
- Works by and about Arthur Furer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arthur Furer in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Marianne Mühlemann : "A star in the farthest blue": Farewell to a committed Bernese musician: the composer and teacher Arthur Furer died on Friday at the age of 89 in Bern. In: Der Bund , November 12, 2013.
- Death of the Bern composer Arthur Furer. In: Schweizer Musikzeitung , November 12, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Arthur Furer ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Musinfo , La Base de Données de la Musique Suisse. With catalog raisonné.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furer, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worb |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 2013 |
| Place of death | Bern |