Matthias Arter

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Matthias Arter

Matthias Arter (born October 10, 1964 in Zurich ) is a Swiss oboist , composer , lecturer , interpretation researcher and has been president of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein since 2007 .

Life

Arter studied with Peter Fuchs and Thomas Indermühle at the Zurich University of Music. Further studies and master classes took place with Heinz Holliger and Maurice Burgue (Freiburg i. Br.). Working with his ensembles Octomania, Arion-Quintett, æquatuor and pre-art soloists accompanied and shaped him. He gave regular recitals with various instrumental partners (piano, harp, guitar) with a repertoire that ranges from the Renaissance to the latest music. With pre-art, a nonprofit organization founded by himself and Boris Previsic, he also pursues an intercultural and transdisciplinary work that mainly focuses on the countries of Southeast Central Europe and the Caucasus.

Performances of his compositions at the Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, in the music podium of the city of Zürich, as well as at other festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Canada and Albania. Solo CD productions a. a. at MGB, ECM, Arte Nova pan classics, col legno, and en avant. In Neos has appeared also a CD with some of his solo pieces.

Matthias Arter also works as a conductor, teaches oboe, chamber music and improvisation at the Bern University of the Arts and works as principal oboist in the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Collegium Novum Zurich .

As an interpretation researcher, Arter is concerned with recordings from the early days of sound recording (up to approx. 1935), from which he gains knowledge for the interpretation traditions of the 19th century. One of his projects dealt with the recordings of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1910-1933).

Works (selection)

Solo pieces

  • for recorder: Solo 1993 (1993)
  • for oboe / cor anglais : Changes (1996)
  • for horn: Voice (1998)
  • for piano: 3 piano pieces (1999)
  • for voice: Música (2000)
  • for flute: Solo 2001 (2001)
  • for violin: Solo 2002 (2002) and Cantando (2006)
  • for cello: Cadenza (2005) and solo 2006 (2006)
  • for accordion: Solo 2007 - Dialogue (2007)

Chamber music

  • 5 pieces of ice for recorder double quartet (1994)
  • Détours for wind quintet (1996/98)
  • Undo for any cast (1997)
  • another beautiful day for piano, violoncello and 2 percussionists (2000)
  • 5 pieces for wind quintet (2001)
  • Seven times seven for alto flute, oboe, bass clarinet, violin, double bass, harp and accordion (2001)
  • Duo 2004 for Melodica and Banjo (2004)
  • De Zytvogl for soprano and piano (2010)

Choral works

  • Chinese fragment No. 1 , version for 3 female voices (1991)
  • Chinese fragment No. 1 , version for 4 female voices (1997)
  • Chinese fragment No. 2 , for male voices (1992)
  • Chinese fragment No. 3 , for mixed voices (1992)

Orchestral works

  • Concerto for contrabassoon and string orchestra (1995)
  • Redo for improvising wind instrument and string orchestra (1997)
  • 3 pieces for string orchestra (1997)
  • Epilogue for flute (soprano ad libitum) and string orchestra

Discography

  • Solo Pieces 1993 - 2007 (2009, NEOS 10940)
  • Euridice (Ensemble æquatuor) (2009, ECM NEW SERIES 2045)
  • Concertante (Symphony concertante by Joseph Haydn and Bohuslav Martinů) (2006, Arte Nova 82876 86375 2)
  • æquatuor - In the Twilight (2006, MGB CTS-M 102)
  • Marsyas (oboe / guitar / theorbo) (2000, en avant records ear-422 222)
  • Charles Koechlin: Complete works for oboe (2000, en avant records ear-422 523/4)
  • Couleurs (solo pieces and improvisations) (1999, en avant records ear-422 111)
  • Radio Equatuor (1999, en avant records ear-842 001)
  • Oboe plus (solo pieces) (1998, col legno 20009)
  • Oboe solo (solo pieces and improvisations) (1995, pan classics 510 087)

Fonts

  • Measuring and describing music , In: Claudia Emmenegger and Olivier Senn (Eds.): Proceedings of ICOMPA , Chronos Zurich, 2010.
  • "How was it?", 3 reflections in 6 scenes , in: Aspects of free improvisation Wolke-Verlag Hofheim, in print .
  • Performance practice put to the test In: Schweizerische Musikzeitung July / August 2010.
  • Beethoven's Fifth: a passage to the 19th century online publication

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beethoven 5. Looking back into the 19th century ( Memento from September 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ A comprehensive list of works is available on Arter's website. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Arter, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss oboist, composer, lecturer, interpretation researcher
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich