Mathias Zogg

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Mathias Zogg (* 1939 in Chur ) is a Swiss singer, conductor, teacher, composer for folk music and owner of the Bärgröseli publishing house .

Life

Born in Chur, Mathias Zogg grew up in Tamins . He has lived in St. Pelagiberg TG since 1967 . He conducted yodelling choirs from Eastern Switzerland, including the Stadtjodler in Fürstenland Gossau SG from 1970 to 1998 , the Heimatchörli Gottshaus TG from 1986 , and the Neukirch-Egnach yodelling club from 1977 to 1989. Trained by Paul Müller-Egger , he became known as a composer himself. Of his around 100 compositions, SUISA nominated his song, Kamerade , performed for the first time in 1980 at the Yodelling Festival in Gossau, SG , for twelve years as the most frequently sung yodelling song. His works are self-published by Bärgröseli.

Awards

  • 2015 Thurgau Culture Prize
  • 2007 winner of the composition competition of the Northeast Swiss Yodelling Association.

literature

  • Thurgau Culture Prize for Mathias Zogg. 2nd July 2015.

Web links

  • Comrade . For Mathias Zogg's 75th birthday. SRF Fiirabigmusig. Friday 10th January 2014.
  • Passionate yodelers . SRF Musikwelle Brunch: Interview on the occasion of the cultural award awarded by the Canton of Thurgau.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thurgau Culture Prize 2015 for Mathias Zogg. (No longer available online.) In: infowilplus.ch. July 2, 2015, archived from the original on July 15, 2015 ; accessed on July 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was 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.infowilplus.ch
personal data
SURNAME Zogg, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss singer, yodeler, conductor, teacher, composer of folk music
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur