Jean-Jacques Dünki
Jean-Jacques Dünki (born February 28, 1948 in Aarau , Switzerland ) is a Swiss pianist and composer .
Life
Dünki started playing the piano at the age of nine . After attending the canton school in Aarau, he began studying music in Basel . He also studied in London , Paris , Berlin , Baltimore and New York , among others with well-known pianists such as Leon Fleisher , Peter Feuchtwanger , Charles Rosen , Maurizio Pollini and Claude Helffer . In 1981 Jean-Jacques Dünki won the renowned Arnold Schönberg Prize in Rotterdam . Since 1984 he has been leading a piano class at the Music Academy of the City of Basel . Dünki lives in Basel with his wife and daughter.
Jean-Jacques Dünki is internationally active as a soloist and chamber musician, with a focus on the interpretation of works from the early 20th century. Dünki is self-taught as a composer . He wrote about 70 works, mainly for keyboard instruments, chamber orchestras and chamber ensembles.
Works (selection)
- Dartington Exercices (1975/79) for piano
- Hauen on the timpani (1981) for five timpani
- Kammerstück II (1985) for horn, piano and 13 instruments (2 (also Picc, or A-Fl), 2 (also Ob-dam, or Engl-Hn), 2 (also Klar-es), B-Klar , A-Sax (also S-Sax), 1- 1,1,1,1- Klav (also clavichord))
- Hommages à LC I-IV (1981/86) for piano
- Kammerstück VI (1989) for violin (also viola) and ten instruments (1 (also picc), 1 (also ob-dam, Engl-Hn), 2 (also clear-es, or basset horn), 1- 1,0 , 1,1-percussion (1), piano)
- Kammerstück VII (1989) for basset horn, viola and piano
- Treize Tableaux (1989) for two clavichords
- Kammerstück V (1987/94) for violoncello and piano
- Solo per oboe (1994)
- Romance pour violon solo (1995)
- Figures (1997) for fortepiano, violin, violoncello (old scale)
- Jumelles (1998) for violin and organ
- "Schwerverstimmen" (2000–2001) for viola
Recordings
- CD Grammont CTS-P 40-2: Chamber Pieces II, III, VI + VII, Hommages à LC, Tétraptéron I + II
- CD Jecklin JS 289-2: Tétraptéron 0-IV
- CD MGB CTS M-63: Chamber Piece IV
Publications
- “Schönbergszeichen - Ways to interpret his piano music” was published in 2005 by Lafite, Vienna
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SURNAME | Dünki, Jean-Jacques |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pianist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarau |