Carl Rütti

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Carl Rütti (born March 24, 1949 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) is a Swiss composer , pianist and organist .

The prerequisite for obtaining the soloist diploma was his studies at the Zurich Conservatory , which recognized him as a trained piano and organ player. Already in his high school days he was supported and encouraged in his talents by Norbert Hegner, so he had the leisure to play the organ, which his sponsor was looking after, and to give his imagination space. While studying in London, inspired by English choral music, trained by Sava Savoff and Erich Vollenwyder , he became active as a composer. Working as a piano teacher at his training facility in Zurich and organist in Oberägeri , he was given the freedom to perform concerts and composition assignments. In 2005 he received the Zug Recognition Award and in 2015 the Orlando di Lasso Medal . In 2006 an oratorio for the 175th anniversary of the Solothurn Concert Choir , text by Ulrich Knellwolf , and the festival "House of the New Creation" by Silja Walter with music by Carl Rütti were premiered.

The musical opera "NIKKI" was performed from August 29 to September 7, 2008, composed by Carl Rütti and his son Tobias Rütti as an in-house production for the Zug Theater and Music Society for its 200th anniversary in 2008. Director and author the said musical opera was Rudolph Straub.

Works (selection)

  • Concerto for alphorn and string orchestra (1987)
  • Mercenary fantasy for alphorn and organ
  • House of the New Creation
  • Three carols
  • Sermon on the Mount
  • Veni Creator Spiritus (1997) 8 choirs a cappella (40 voices)
  • NIKKI (2007/2008)
  • Requiem (2007) (commissioned for the "London Bach Choir")
  • Triptych (2010) for symphonic wind orchestra (commissioned for the Lucerne Cantonal Music Day 2010, harm. 1st class)
  • Dowland-Suite (2012) for recorder quintet (world premiere 2013 B-Five Recorder Consort )
  • Visions of Niklaus von Flüe (symphony for solo soprano, concert organ, string orchestra and percussion; world premiere in 2014)
  • Emmaus - a Reformation Oratorio (2017) for 5 soloists, according to Choir, children's choir, symphony orchestra and organ (commissioned by the Göttingen Stadtkantorei for the Reformation anniversary in 2017)
  • Magnificat or the scream into life (2019): oratorio for soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone solo, chamber choir, girls' choir and women's choir, speaker and twelve instruments (commissioned by the Heidelberg Church Music Days 2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Rütti, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Üechtland