Beat Furrer

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Beat Furrer (born December 6, 1954 in Schaffhausen ) is an Austrian composer and conductor of Swiss origin.

Life

Beat Furrer was born in Schaffhausen in 1954. In 1975 he moved to Vienna and studied composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and conducting with Otmar Suitner . In 1984 he won the composition competition “Young Generation in Europe”. In 1985 Furrer founded the Klangforum Wien together with Viktor Liberda , of which he was artistic director until 1992 and to which he is still associated as a guest conductor. Since 1991 he has been professor for composition at the University of Art in Graz . In the mid-90s he founded the international ensemble and composers academy impuls together with the violinist Ernst Kovacic . In 1996 he was composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival . Furrer has been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts since 2005 . In 2006 he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale . From the 2006/07 winter semester to 2009 he was a visiting professor for composition at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts . Furrer is a member of the Board of Trustees appointed by the German Federal Cultural Foundation for the New Music Network .

Awards

Works

Stage works

Orchestral music

  • passaggio for choir and orchestra (2014)
  • strane costellazioni for orchestra (2013)
  • Apon for orchestra and voice based on a text by Händl Klaus (2009)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra (2007)
  • PHAOS for orchestra (2006)
  • canti notturni for two sopranos and orchestra (2006)
  • other voices for violin and orchestra (2003)
  • Orpheus' books for choir and orchestra based on texts by Cesare Pavese, Ovid and Virgil (2001)
  • nuun concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra (1996)
  • Madrigal for orchestra (1992)
  • Face de la Chaleur for flute and orchestra (1991)
  • Study - Overpainting for Orchestra (1990)
  • Risonanzee for orchestra in 3 groups (1989)
  • Tiro mis tristes redes for orchestra (1986)
  • Chiaroscuro - For RHR for orchestra (1983/86)

Ensemble works

  • Canti della tenebra for mezzo-soprano and ensemble based on a text by Dino Campana (2014)
  • La bianca notte for soprano, baritone and ensemble based on texts by Dino Campana and Sibilla Aleramo (2013)
  • linea dell'orizzonte for ensemble (2012)
  • Xenos III for two percussion players and strings (2010–2013)
  • Xenos II for ensemble and voice based on a text by Händl Klaus (2009)
  • lotófagos II for two sopranos and ensemble based on texts by Händl Klaus and Antonio Machado (2008)
  • Xenos for ensemble (2008)
  • Concerto for piano and ensemble (2007)
  • antichesis for 14 strings (2006)
  • recitativo for voice and ensemble (2005)
  • Invocation III for soprano and ensemble (2004)
  • A song that wanted to find another ending beyond the end of the song for ensemble (2001)
  • still for ensemble (1998)
  • Narcissus Suite (1996)
  • Narcissus fragment for 26 musicians and two voices (1993)
  • à un moment de terre perdue for ensemble (1990)
  • Gaspra for ensemble (1988)
  • A sound for chamber ensemble lives in the quiet of the house (1989)
  • Illuminations for soprano and chamber ensemble (1985)
  • Sinfonia per archi for string orchestra (1985)
  • Ensemble for 4 clarinets, 2 pianos, vibraphone and marimbaphone (1983)

Vocal works

  • passaggio for choir and orchestra (2014)
  • fragmentos de un libro futuro for soprano and guitar quartet (2007)
  • lotófagos for soprano and double bass (2006)
  • enigma cycle (enigma I-VII) for mixed choir a cappella (2006–2015)
  • FAMA audio theater in eight scenes for a large ensemble, eight voices and an actress. Texts by Ovid and Arthur Schnitzler (2004/2005), premiere: Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005
  • recitativo for voice and ensemble (3rd scene from the FAMA audio theater that can be performed in concert ) (2004)
  • Invocation III for soprano and ensemble (scene from the opera Invocation that can be performed in a concert ) (2004)
    • Version for soprano and flute (2004)
  • on clay feet for voice and flute (2001)
  • voices - still for choir and ensemble (2000/01)
  • aria for soprano and six instruments (1999)
  • Psalm »Gloria tibi Domine« for eight-part choir a cappella (1997)
  • Voice - only for baritone (1997). BA 7794
  • Voices for mixed choir and four percussionists (1996)
  • Poemas for mezzo-soprano, guitar, piano and marimba (1984)

Chamber music

  • Canti della tenebra for mezzo-soprano and piano based on a text by Dino Campana (2013)
  • Ira - Arca for bass flute and double bass (2012)
  • Study for piano (2011)
  • fragmentos de un libro futuro for soprano and guitar quartet (2007)
  • apoklisis for two bass clarinets (2004)
  • 3rd string quartet (2004)
  • Three piano pieces (2003/2004)
  • Melody - falling for piano (2003)
  • Sei Venuta di Marzo for string quartet and vocal quartet (2003)
  • Phasma for piano (2002)
  • auf tönernen füssen For voice and flute based on a text by Friederike Mayröcker (2000)
  • solo for violoncello solo (1999)
  • Aria for soprano and 6 instruments based on a text by Günter Eich (1999)
  • track for piano and string quartet (1998)
  • a due for viola and piano (1997)
  • presto for flute and piano (1997)
  • Time out two for flute, harp and strings (1996)
  • Time out one for flute, harp and strings (1995)
  • Quartet for four percussionists (1995)
  • Lied for violin and piano (1993)
  • ... cold and calm and moving for flute, harp, violin, viola and violoncello (1992)
  • For Alfred Schlee for string quartet (1991)
  • Aer for piano, clarinet and violoncello (1991)
  • Parts for two cellos (1989)
  • Epilog , version for double bass clarinet, two cellos, percussion and voice (1989)
  • Epilogue for three cellos (1988)
  • 2nd string quartet (1988)
  • ... y una canción desesperada for three guitars (1987)
  • Voicelessness. The snow has no voice for piano (1986)
  • Retour an Dich for violin, violoncello and piano (1986)
  • Trio for flute, oboe or saxophone and clarinet (1985)
  • Music for Mallets for three percussionists (1985)
  • Duo for two cellos (1985)
  • Poemas for mezzo-soprano, guitar, piano and marimba (1985)
  • 1st string quartet (1984)
  • Somewhere. Fern for two pianos (1983)
  • Frau Nachtigall for violoncello solo (1982)

literature

  • Hanspeter Renggli: Beat Furrer . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 660 f.
  • Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich (Ed.): Voices in space - the composer Beat Furrer. Edition Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-7957-0773-6 .
  • Michael Kunkel (Ed.): Metamorphoses - Beat Furrer. A publication by the Research and Development Department at the Basel School of Music. PFAU-Verlag, Saarbrücken 2011, ISBN 978-3-89727-456-3 .
  • Daniel Ender: Metamorphoses of Sound - Studies on the compositional work of Beat Furrer. Swiss contributions to music research. Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7618-2235-7 .
  • Ulrich Tadday (Ed.): Music Concepts 172 / 173.Beat Furrer , edition text + kritik, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86916-489-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Furrer, Beat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor of Swiss origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen