Christoph Walter (composer)

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Christoph Walter, 2010
Christoph Walter, 2010
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Schwingerlüüt im Schwizerland (Christoph Walter Orchestra)
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Christoph Walter (born June 29, 1967 in Glarus ) is a Swiss military musician , composer and conductor .

Life

The Christoph Walter Orchestra live at the World Band Festival Lucerne

Walter studied at the Zurich University of Music and graduated in 1989 with a teaching diploma for trumpet . From 1991 to 1997 he worked as a musical instructor for the recruitment games in Bern, Zurich, St. Gallen and Aarau.

He headed the Swiss Army Concert Band at the Swiss Army Game from 1999 to 2005, which he also conducted from 2000.

Walter achieved the rank of major and heads the cadre school at the Military Music Competence Center in Aarau .

He also arranges, conducts and composes in addition to his main occupation, brass bands for popular music. Worth mentioning here are, for example, the Lucerne Concert Band and the Christoph Walter Orchestra . With the latter, he had a hit in 2019 with Schwingerlüüt in Schwizerland , the anthem for the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in Zug.

Awards

  • Swiss brass music festival, first prize

Compositions (selection)

Christoph Walter is a successful composer and arranger for brass music. Most of his compositions have been published by Obrasso-Verlag .

  • 2019: Farewell to the mountains , patronage , Trombone Rhapsody
  • 2018: It Will Be , Jumba Jump! , Made In Switzerland , We Love Cha-Cha-Cha

Publications (selection)

  • 1996: Game of the Infantry Schools St. Gallen / Herisau , CD
  • 1997: Symphonic Samba , CD
  • 2004: Just in Time , Swiss Army Concert Band, CD
  • 2005: Reach For The Stars , Swiss Army Concert Band, CD
  • 2007: Take A Little Time , Swiss Army Concert Band, CD
  • 2013: Music Forever , Brandenburg State Police Orchestra, CD
  • 2014: Rhythm & Moods , Heeresmusikkorps Ulm, CD

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Walter Orchestra in the Swiss hit parade
  2. ↑ a b c Portrait of the composer Christoph Walter
  3. ↑ Lucerne Concert Band
  4. ^ Christoph Walter Orchestra
  5. ^ "Schwingerlüüt im Schwizerland" - World premiere at the ceremony in Zug , Radio SRF, 23 August 2019
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss military musician, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Glarus