Otmar Nussio
Otmar Nussio (born October 23, 1902 in Grosseto ; † July 22, 1990 Lugano ), von Brusio and Ardez ( Graubünden , Switzerland ) was a Swiss conductor and composer .
Live and act
Otmar Nussio was born in Italy as the son of Swiss abroad. His older brother Oscar was a painter and wood sculptor. Otmar Nussio attended middle school in Graubünden at the Protestant Middle School Schiers . From 1920 he studied flute at the Milan Conservatory with Luigi Longhi (1884–1932), then he studied composition, piano and orchestral conducting at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
From 1938 to 1968 Nussio was chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. During this time he made friends with composers like Igor Stravinsky , Zoltán Kodály , Darius Milhaud , Benjamin Britten and Paul Hindemith , some of whom he premiered.
Nussio has conducted numerous recordings and concerts with renowned soloists such as Clara Haskil , Váša Příhoda and David Oistrach , with the latter performing violin concertos by Mozart, Sibelius and Brahms. Nussio was run over by a train in Lugano on July 22, 1990 and died.
Works (selection)
Nussio composed a violin concerto (1959) for the American violinist Guila Bustabo (1916–2002).
Other works
- Boccaccio Suite for Orchestra
- Chopiniana for orchestra, 1959
- Danza Ticinese for orchestra
- Danze di Majorca for orchestra, 1949
- Folklore d'engadina for orchestra
- Notturno di Valdemosa for cello (or viola) and orchestra
- Notturno di Valdemosa for cello (or viola) and piano
- Notturno di Valdemosa for orchestra, 1953
- Suite from Ticino for orchestra
- Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi, for bassoon and string orchestra, 1953
- Dance song for orchestra, 1964
literature
- Giorgio Appolonia: Otmar Nussio . In: Andreas Kotte (ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz - Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero. Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1333. (Italian)
- Olivier Bosia: Otmar Nussio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 16, 2013 , accessed January 21, 2020 .
- Tania Giudicetti Lovaldi: Otmar Nussio, una vita "tutta suoni e fortuna". Collana della Pro Grigioni Italiano, Locarno 2011, ISBN 978-88-8281-316-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Tania Giudicetti Lovaldi: Otmar Nussio, una vita "tutta suoni e fortuna". Collana della Pro Grigioni Italiano, Locarno 2011, pp. 44-50.
- ↑ http://www.editore.ch/dado/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=586&category_id=35&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 short curriculum vitae
- ↑ Cf. Tania Giudicetti Lovaldi: Otmar Nussio, una vita "tutta suoni e fortuna". Collana della Pro Grigioni Italiano, Locarno 2011, p. 31.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nussio, Otmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosseto |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1990 |
| Place of death | Lugano |