Philippe Borer

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Philippe Borer with BACH.Bogen / Photo: Joëlle Nublat

Philippe Borer (* 1955 in Neuchâtel ) is a Swiss violinist, musicologist and teacher.

biography

Philippe Borer studied violin and viola with Max Rostal , Ruggiero Ricci and Jan Sedivka and has held several positions as a member of orchestras and chamber music groups in Switzerland, Italy and Australia. In addition, he undertook research in the field of violin pedagogy, the history of the violin and music philosophy. He received his PhD in 1995.

Since 1998 he has been giving concerts with a round arch , with which he maintains and extends a violin repertoire with polyphonic works by Biagio Marini , Johann Paul von Westhoff , Johann Sebastian Bach , Niccolò Paganini and Michael Bach Bachtischa . His first performance of the Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach with the round arch took place in December in Saint Petersburg as part of the final concert of the 4th International Conference “Blagodatovskiye chteniya”. Since 2007 he has given master classes at the State University in Novgorod, the Mozarteum Salzburg and the University in Alberta. In 2016 he formed a duo with the French pianist and organist Jean-Claude Frey (son of Georges Frey ). Philippe Borer recorded contemporary compositions for violin and viola and premiered works by Don Kay . His students include Christophe Horak, member of the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Angela Lohri, author of the book Combination Tones and Tartini's "terzo suono", and the Australian violinist Beth Hebert.

Fonts

  • Aspects of European Influences on Violin Playing & Teaching in Australia , M.Mus. diss., 1988
  • Les 24 caprices de Paganini et la constellation romantique , in "Revue musicale de Suisse romande", n.2, June 1993
  • The Twenty-Four Caprices of Niccolò Paganini, their significance for the history of violin playing and the music of the Romantic era , Zurich, 1997
  • Scuola, tradizione e modernità in Paganini , in “Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana”, 1/1999
  • Paganini and the philosophy of the violin , in "Quaderni dell'Istituto di Studi Paganiniani", n. 9-12, 1997-2000
  • La pura forma (in collaboration with Paolo Cecchinelli), in “Quaderni dell'Istituto di Studi Paganiniani”, n.13, 2001
  • Паганини и философия скрипки in Вопросы инструментов ведения , сборник рефератов четвертой Международной инструментоведческой конференции сериала "Благодатовские Чтения" Russian Institute of History of Arts, St. Petersburg, 2000
  • La Pagina e l'Archetto, bibliografia violinistica storico-tecnica e studi effettuati su Niccolò Paganini , Genoa, 2003
  • Some reflections on Paganini's violin strings , in Proceedings of the international conference Restoration and Conservation of the Guarneri del Gesù known as Cannone , Genua, 2004
  • Allusive masterpiece (in collaboration with Tatiana Berford), in “The Strad”, October 2004
  • Об аутентичных струнах Н. Паганини и не только , in “Старинная музыка”, n. 1-2 (31-32), Moscow, 2006
  • Cromatismo ed espressione delle passioni in Paganini , in Proceedings of the international conference Paganini Divo e Comunicatore , Genoa, 2007
  • The chromatic scale in the compositions of Viotti and Paganini, a turning point in violin playing and writing for strings , in Nicolò Paganini Diabolus in Musica , A. Barizza and F. Morabito (eds.), Turnhout, 2010, pp. 91-120
  • Paganini's virtuosity and improvisatory style , in Beyond Notes, Improvisation in Western Music in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century , Rudolf Rasch (Ed.), Turnhout, 2011
  • Grand détaché porté contro détaché traîné, un punto fondamentale della lezione viottiana , in Giovanni Battista Viotti “professione musicista” , Mariateresa Dellaborra (ed.), Rome, Società Editrice di Musicologia, 2017
  • The Sweet Power of Strings, reflections on the musical idea of ​​dolce , in Exploring Virtuosities , Christine Hoppe (Ed.), Göttingen Studies in Musicology, 2018 http://www.olms.de/search/Detail.aspx?pr=2009244

Dedicated to the following compositions

  • Don Kay , Cloud patterns (1988) for solo viola, Australian Music Center.
  • Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud, Concerto pour violon , Op. 56. Dedication: "À mon très cher Philippe qui le premier a senti ce que ces pages contiennent."
  • Michael Bach Bachtischa , 52 Sounds for Violin (1995/98) and "Paganini non ripete" (2000) for viola.
  • Michael Bach Bachtischa , 3 pitches, 11 sounds for violin (2000). Dedication: "For Lorin Maazel (70th Birthday) and for Philippe Borer."

Instruments and bows

Philippe Borer currently plays on a copy of Paganini's Il Cannone violin made by Alberto Giordano , a 2003 violin by Pietro Capodieci and a 1948 viola by Jean Werro. He uses a Luc Breton bow and two round bows made in the studio BACH arch in Stuttgart.

swell

  • Walter Amadeus Ammann, Paganini star and mediator , in “ESTA News” n. 58, October 2007
  • Walter Amadeus Ammann, Paganini in the spotlight , in “Schweizer Musikzeitung”, n. 2, February 2011
  • J.-Ph. B., Bach en guise d'adieu , in "L'Express Feuille d'Avis de Neuchâtel", May 16, 1989
  • Tatiana Berford, Размышления у поворотного пункта , in “Старинная музыка”, n. 4 (18), Moscow, 2002
  • Tatiana Berford, Playing in unison with Switzerland , in “Alumni News”, n. 32, Launceston, Australia, June 2007
  • Roger Boss, Editorial , in "Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande" , n.2 , June 1993
  • Javier Carrau Mellado, Aspectos pedagógicos e interpretativos del repertorio para violín solo hasta Paganini , PhD diss., Jaume I University, Castelló de la Plana, 2014
  • Paolo Cecchinelli, P. Borer, The Twenty-four caprices of Niccolo Paganini , in "ESTA Quaderni", November 2000
  • Mark Katz, The violin: a research and information guide , Routledge, New York, 2006
  • Angela Lohri, combination tones and Tartini's “terzo suono” , Mainz, 2016
  • L. de Mv., La Passion selon Saint-Matthieu , in "L'Express Feuille d'Avis de Neuchâtel", February 24, 1976
  • Elinor Morrisby, Up is down, a life of violinist Jan Sedivka , Melbourne, 2008.
  • Edward Neill, Reviewi , in "Quaderni dell'Istituto di Studi Paganiniani", n.10, 1998
  • Stephen Pleskun, A chronological history of Australian composers and their compositions , Xlibris Corporation, 2012
  • Heiner Reitz, Letter to Ph. Borer , February 8, 2006 (Ph. Borer's archive)
  • Ruggiero Ricci, Correpondance with Ph. Borer 2002-2004 (Ph. Borer's archive)
  • Max Rostal, Letter to Ph. Borer , August 13, 1987 (Ph. Borer's archive).
  • Henry Roth, Review of Philippe Borer's The 24 Caprices of Nicolò Paganini, their significance for the history of violin playing and the music of the Romantic era , in “The Strad”, December 1998
  • Michael Smith, Viola's debut sweet music for craftsman , in The Mercury, July 9, 1991
  • RT, Un concert inhabituel , in "Journal de Morges", July 1, 1988
  • Nathaniel Vallois, Review of Nicolò Paganini Diabolus in Musica , ed. By A. Barizza and F. Morabito, in “The Strad”, January 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cfr. Татьяна Берфорд, В унисон со Швейцарией , in "Газета Новгородский университет", n. 9, March 2007 http://www.novsu.ru/press/nov267/article/
  2. ↑ Cfr. W. Gratzer (ed.), Almanac of the Mozarteum University Salzburg , Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag, Vienna 2013
  3. ↑ Cfr. Jeux d'orgue et marathon musical , in “L'Impartial de Romans”, June 15, 2017
  4. ↑ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18865/
  5. ↑ La Pagina e l'Archetto, bibliografia violinistica storico-tecnica e studi effettuati su Niccolò Paganini, Genoa, 2003 (PDF)
  6. ↑ Some reflections on Paganini's violin strings (PDF)
  7. ↑ http://vik.ho.ua/FILES/Corda.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.yumpu.com/it/document/view/16172966/paganini-divo-e-comunicatore-violin-intonation/2
personal data
SURNAME Borer, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss violinist, musicologist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel