Hans Wüthrich (composer)

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Hans Wüthrich (born August 3, 1937 in Aeschi ; † March 20, 2019 in Arlesheim ) was a Swiss composer and linguist .

Life

Wüthrich came from a farming family. From 1952 to 1956 he attended the Muristalden Evangelical Teachers' Seminar ( Muristalden Campus ) in Bern. He then studied piano with Sava Savoff and music theory with Sándor Veress at the Bern Conservatory . From 1968 to 1972 he took composition lessons with Klaus Huber in Basel and Freiburg. He also studied music , literature and linguistics at the University of Zurich . In 1973 he received his doctorate with the dissertation The Consonant System of the German High Language .

From 1971 to 1985 he taught phonetics at the University of Zurich and the University of Basel . From 1985 to 2002 he was a lecturer in music theory , music analysis and ear training at the Zurich University of Music . His students include Nils Günther , Marianne Schroeder and Alfred Zimmerlin .

The first composition in his catalog of works dates from 1968, and he had created a total of 26 works by his death.

He was a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Works (selection)

  • The secret way (1968), for soprano, clarinet, trumpet, viola, violoncello
  • Requiem for Gulliver (1972–73), for orchestra, four voices and tape, premiered: 1973, Basel
  • Communication Games (1973)
  • On the self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (1978), aria for voice and melody instrument, premier: 1978, Donaueschingen
  • Approaches to the present (1986–87), for string quartet, premiered: 1987, Basel
  • Chopin in the TGV Basel - Paris, contemplating the sun (1989), for flute, violin and piano, premiered: 1990, Basel
  • Das Glashaus (1974–75), for six speakers, soprano, percussion and tape, premiered: 1977, Basel
  • The Singing Snail (1979), WP: 1979 Zurich
  • Netzwerk I (1983–84), for large orchestra without conductor, premier: 1988, Zurich
  • Netzwerk II (1984–85), for large orchestra without conductor, premiere: 1988, Zurich
  • Netzwerk III (1987–89), for large orchestra without conductor, premier: 1989, Basel
  • Words - Pictures - Things (1991), for alto voice and string quartet, premier: 1991, Zurich
  • Leve (1992), 16 scenes with three women, three men and objects, premiere: 1993, Basel
  • Landscape with String Quartets (1994)
  • Happy hour. Cycle. Eight spots (1994–97) for 12 singers / actors, 1 percussionist, 3 chickens and objects
  • Glowing transitions in red, orange and bright blue (1998–99), for vocal ensemble and two keyboards (or tape CD), premiere: 2000, Basel
  • Three psychophysical symbols (2002–03), for two guitars, premier: 2004, Baden (CH)
  • Twelve phases of a cocoon and five dynamic crosses (2004-06), for ten instrumentalists, premier: 2006, Rümlingen

Prices

  • Composition Prize of the City of Zurich (1972)
  • Composition prizes at the international composition competitions in the Künstlerhaus Boswil (1974, 1976 and 1978)
  • Paul Gilson Grand Prix de la Communauté radiophonique des programmes de la langue française (1984)
  • Category Prize for Music from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft (1991)
  • Composition Prize Marguerite Staehelin (2011)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cécile Ohlshausen: the death of Hans Wüthrich. His music was a seismograph of our time. In: SRF . March 21, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ News - Tre Media Musikverlage . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Hans Wüthrich. Works, biography, media. In: Ricordi . Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ MusikTexts . New Music Magazine. No. 161 . Cologne 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Wüthrich, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wüthrich-Mathez, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Aeschi
DATE OF DEATH 20th March 2019
Place of death Arlesheim