Fritz Voegelin

Fritz Voegelin (born September 19, 1943 in Zurich ) is a Swiss conductor and composer .

Voegelin was appointed professor of conducting at the Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia in 1988 . In 1984 he became artistic director of the Colombian State Conservatory. Since 1992 he has been living in Switzerland again.

Works

Among other things, he wrote a Fantasia for organ, viola obbligata and string orchestra, which premiered in Bern in 1975. This gloomy work, carried by the chorale “Our Father in Heaven” by Martin Luther, did not see any further performance until 2005, until the Collegium Musicum Coellicense dared a new performance in the Advent concert of December 10, 2005 in the Reformed Church of Kölliken under Matthias Sager . This opus, which is not easy to play and initially consists of dissonances, which leads to a certain confidence only in the last part, was performed in Lostorf on December 11th. Fritz Voegelin, although ill, is said to have followed the work as a listener.

Sound carrier

• Fritz Voegelin - Portrait, 2002 Swiss music scene

Web links

• Works by and about Fritz Voegelin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography