Heidi Bruggmann

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Heidi Bruggmann ( July 23, 1936 - July 1, 2017 ) was a Swiss accordionist and composer .

Life

She came from St. Gallen and lived in Benglen (municipality of Fällanden ) in the Swiss canton of Zurich until her death . Her musical focus was the Länders .

In 1945 she made her first public appearance. In 1947 she composed her first piece of music, a waltz . In 1951 she began to make music professionally. In 1955 she moved to Zurich and founded the “Ländlerkapelle Heidi Bruggmann”, which cultivated the concert style of Central Switzerland. Their first long-playing record was released in 1967.

A highlight of her musical life was the awarding of the golden treble clef in 1988. More than 300 titles composed by her are registered with the SUISA copyright management association.

literature

  • Heidi Bruggmann: Swiss contemporary composers , Verlag Musik-Hug, 1985.
  • Ernst Roth: Lexicon of Swiss Folk Musicians , AT-Verlag, 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1988 Biography on the occasion of the presentation of the golden treble clef 1988, accessed July 8, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bruggmann, Heidi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss accordionist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1936
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2017