Caroline Charrière
Caroline Charrière (born December 26, 1960 in Freiburg im Üechtland ; † October 1, 2018 there ) was a Swiss composer and conductor .
Life
Caroline Charrière was born in 1960 in Freiburg im Üechtland. After graduating from high school , she began studying the flute at the Lausanne Conservatory in Pierre Wavre's professional class , which she completed in 1982 with a teaching diploma. Two years later the soloist diploma followed. During her studies she attended courses in orchestration and composition with Jean Balissat .
After studying with Aurèle Nicolet, Caroline Charrière spent a year in Great Britain at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester . After returning to Switzerland, she expanded her training with Robert Dick and through orchestral courses in Biel / Bienne .
She completed her training as an orchestra conductor at the Lausanne Conservatory in the class of Hervé Klopfenstein in 1994 with distinction. In 1993 Vox Aeterna , a composition commissioned by the Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Lausanne, premiered. Since then, Caroline Charrière has devoted part of her free time to composition . But instrumental lessons and the direction of the Chœur de Jade, a women's choir in Freiburg, remained the main occupations.
In 2000 the musician finally decided to give composition the most important place in her work.
She died on October 1st, 2018 after a long illness.
Web links
- Caroline Charrière's website
- Sound recordings with works by the composer from the SRG SSR archive on Neo.Mx3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Composer Caroline Charrière dies NZZ , accessed on October 2, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charrière, Caroline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Üechtland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st October 2018 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Üechtland |