Bo Wiget

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Bo Wiget (born January 11, 1971 in Wattwil , Switzerland ) is a Swiss cellist and composer. He moves between classical music , new improvisation music and rock music . He is also active as a theater musician and performance artist .

Life

Bo Wiget grew up in Wattwil, Altstätten and Friborg , where he attended schools, trained as a primary school teacher and received classical cello lessons. Since 1989 he has undertaken various projects in rock, jazz and experimental music as well as theater and dance projects. In 1998 he began working with guitarist and visual artist Luigi Archetti , with whom he published several CDs and experimental videos and played concerts in Europe and Japan. Since 2007 he has given performances as both messies with the dancer and singer-songwriter Andreas A. Müller. Bo Wiget composes and arranges for theater and dance productions, in which he plays along to some extent, for example at the Schauspielhaus Zurich , Theater Neumarkt , Freiburg Theater , Schauspielhaus Bochum , at the Volksbühne Berlin , Staatsoper Berlin , the State Theater in Hanover , State Theater Saarbrücken and State Theater Braunschweig . He works with groups and directors such as Wunderbaum (Rotterdam NL), Stefan Kaegi ( Rimini Protokoll ), Meg Stuart (Damaged Goods), Christina Rast , Christoph Frick and Niklaus Helbling .

As a live musician (cello and electronics) Bo Wiget plays with musicians of various stripes such as Tetuzi Akiyama, Iva Bittová , Jan Galega Brönnimann , Andrea Chudak, Joachim Irmler, Margareth Kammerer , Wolfgang Katschner ( Lautten Compagney ), Makigami Koichi, Simon Lenski, Lucas Niggli , Hahn Rowe, Martin Schütz , Selah Sue (Accoustic Tour 2018), Taku Sugimoto, Christian Weber , Michael Werthmüller , Bernhard Zachhuber. There were also appearances, performances and collaborations with actors, dancers and poets such as Eva Brunner, Rosalind Crisp, Martin Engler , Christian Filips , Isabelle Menke, Monika Rinck , Raphael Urweider and Leopold von Verschuer .

As a composer, Bo Wiget et al. a. for the Staats- und Domchor Berlin , the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin , the Lautten Compagney, the Duo Rossini, the Argovia Philharmonic as well as for his own chamber ensemble Tolkar, which mainly plays Bo Wiget's arrangements of classical songs.

Bo Wiget is married to the actress Eva Brunner and lives in Berlin .

Discography

  • Luigi Archetti, Bo Wiget: Low Tide Digitals ( Rune Grammofon / ECM) CD 2001
  • Prêt-à-Porter: Songs of Cole Porter in a new outfit (Brambus 200259-2)
  • Akiyama, Sugimoto, Wiget: PeriodicDrift-Hokou-Strazieren (Hcorp., NZ) CD 2001
  • Archetti, Wiget: Low Tide Digitals II on Rune Grammofon (RCD2046)
  • Wiget, Lenski: The birds are silent in the forest (radical duke entertainment 2008)
  • Archetti, Wiget: Low Tide Digitals III on Rune Grammofon (RCD2096)
  • Jason Kahn: Sin Asunto with Christian Weber, V. Miloud, Jason Kahn (2010)
  • Bo Wiget solo, cello & vocals: Bukolisk Mimikri; Edition for Separation and Mixed Art (2017)
  • Tolkar & Andrea Chudak: “Beware, stay awake and lively - songs about the night by Robert Schumann”, arranged for 2 cellos and soprano (Bella Music 2017)
  • Folded folds for soprano and piano based on texts by Raphael Urweider on the CD "Berlin Composers" (Kreuzberg Records 2017)

Awards

  • 1999 Impulse Prize for “Bambification”, a play by Mass & Fieber
  • 2003 Prize of the City of Constance
  • 2007 2nd prize in the “Best German Music Video” category at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen for “I have seen you dancing better than this” by Archetti / Wiget
  • 2008 2nd prize in the “Best German Music Video” category at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for “Best German Music Video” by Archetti / Wiget
  • 2009 “Radio play of the month” for “those who are alert” by Kathrin Röggla / Leopold von Verschuer. Composition: Bo Wiget
  • 2013 Honorable Mention for the composition "Odem" for wind orchestra at the FIMS composition competition, Friborg
  • 2016 “Radio Play of the Month” for average earners by Katrin Röggla , director: Leopold von Verschuer, composition: Bo Wiget
  • 2019 “Radio Play of the Month” for Port by Mishka Lavigne, director: Anouschka Trocker, composition: Bo Wiget

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthias Bäumer Beautiful: music videos. The hustler wins. In: Zeit Online . May 1, 2008, accessed December 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Prize Winner 2007. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , accessed on December 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Award Winners 2008. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiget, Bo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cellist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattwil , Switzerland