Fortunat Frölich

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Fortunat Frölich (* 1954 ) is a Swiss composer and conductor from Chur .

Education and life

Fortunat Frölich studied violoncello and singing, as well as orchestral conducting at the Zurich Conservatory , the Conservatorio di Napoli and the Leipzig Music Academy . He has worked as a cellist and singer in various formations: from 1989 to 2002 he was the principal cellist of the Graubünden Chamber Philharmonic . In 1982 he founded the ensemble around the Ticino folk song singer La Lupa , and in 2000 a duo with the Moroccan darboukka virtuoso Samir Essahbi. Fortunat Frölich performed as solo baritone in world premieres by Hans Jürgen von Bose (Zurich Opera House), John Gray, Walther Giger (Orcadian Conflux Festival, Ile of Orkney), Daniel Mouthon and Hermann Bühler . He accompanied the Basel Madrigalists' ensemble of soloists as solo baritone on several international tours.

Projects and work

One of Frölich's specialties is interculturality. In 1991 he realized his first encounter project Leh ya Jarè as a cultural response to xenophobic riots in Switzerland and Germany. This project was recognized by the Swiss Music Council and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture and has since seen numerous performances in many Swiss cities as well as in Germany and Morocco.

In 1999 and 2002 Frölich directed the project moi-toi-musique with Tuareg musicians in Niger and at the International Festival de Rabat in Morocco. From 2001 to 2005 he was a regular guest lecturer for choral conducting at the Conservatoire National du Maroc. In 2006 his intercultural composition aanilhoub - about love was premiered at the Mawazine - Rythmes du Monde Festival in Rabat, Morocco, and recorded by Radiotelevision Marocaine RTM. In 2012 he was invited by Maroc Cultures to co- produce a work based on Moroccan songs called Chanta o Unda / Singe, oh wave . It was shown at the voice festival in Lörrach, at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel , at the FIT Festival Internationale del Teatro in Lugano , at the Theater Chur and the Teatro Sociale in Bellinzona, as well as in 2013 at the Festival Mawazine - Rythmes du Monde in Rabat, Morocco.

Frölich founded the association choR inteR kultuR , which regularly carries out intercultural projects. In 2017 the choR inteR kultuR performed the intercultural work aanilhoub - about love by Fortunat Frölich in Beirut .

The collaboration with Linard Bardill , the Swiss songwriter and expert in children's literature and music, is another focus of Frölich's work. Frölich and Bardill realized numerous projects in which they introduce children to classical symphonic music. In their jointly developed musical works, Frölich and Bardill do not shy away from confronting the young listeners with philosophical and serious topics, as well as with a contemporary world of sound. The children's projects by Frölich and Bardill are performed by various orchestras at home and abroad.

In 1998 Frölich was commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture to write the music for the official celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Swiss federal state, which was performed on the Bundesplatz in Bern .

Frölich received further composition commissions from the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia , Swiss national exhibition Expo.02 , Sinfonieorchester Basel , Theater Basel , Opera House Biel / Solothurn, Lucerne Theater , Basel Madrigalisten , Orchestra Filarmonica Torino, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Graubünden Chamber Orchestra, Festival Boswiler Summer, Voices Festival Lörrach, Menhir Festival Falera, Brass Band Sursilvana, Jewish-Arab Orchestra Nazareth and others. In 2014 Fortunat Frölich received the commission from Theater Basel to compose the opera Föhn with the writer Urs Widmer and the director Christian Zehnder .

Cooperations

Cooperation and a. with the following musicians

Cooperation and a. with the following orchestras

Awards

Frölich received a sponsorship award from the Canton of Graubünden and won the competition for professional cultural work in 1999, 2004 and 2012. He was artist in residence in Vienna in 2015 and in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b musinfo - Fortunat Frölich
  2. ↑ Two Rivers - Two Songs , TV documentary by Sarah Derendinger, 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mirafilm.ch
  3. ↑ Theater Chur: CHANTA, O UNDA (Singe, oh wave) , 2012
  4. ^ Teatro Sociale, Bellinzona: chanta, o unda / sing, oh wave. An intercultural multimedia project
  5. ↑ Festival Mawazine - Rythmes du Monde 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festivalmawazine.ma
  6. ↑ Swiss television: Two choirs let the Bündner Inn flow into the Moroccan Sea , 2013
  7. ↑ a b Dissonance - Swiss music magazine, concert archive
  8. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung: With like-minded people from 22 countries: Elixir of happiness and connecting link , 2016
  9. ↑ Schweizer Musikzeitung: Swiss-Lebanese choir project with Fortunat Frölich
  10. ↑ choir cycle aanilhoub - about love
  11. ↑ Linard Bardill, Fortunat Frölich: Classical Music for Children - 3 CDs
  12. ↑ Brass Band Sursilvana: CD Mia Steila with composition The Hero by Fortunat Frölich
  13. ↑ FÖHN Opera Urs Widmer and Fortunat Frölich
  14. ↑ rüffer & rub Sachbuchverlag: Föhn. A myth in words and music
  15. ↑ Bookstore in the Volkshaus Zurich: Urs Widmer, Föhn. A myth in words and music
  16. ^ Southeastern Switzerland: A strong foehn blows in the Theater Basel , Sep. 2014
  17. ↑ FÖHN : Cast for the premiere at Theater Basel, Sep. 2014
  18. ↑ Big Bang Festival - off to the blue wonderland, Hamburg, 2015
  19. ↑ Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino: BEETHOVEN CONTRO FRÖLICH, 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Happy, Fortunat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1954