Stephan Wittwer
Stephan Wittwer (born March 1, 1953 in Zurich ) is a Swiss experimental musician , improviser and composer . At first his main instruments were electric and classical guitar, appliances, amplifiers and the recording studio, then mainly computers.
Live and act
Wittwer had piano lessons as a child and initially learned to play the guitar autodidactically . As a teenager he played with free jazz musicians such as John Tchicai and Irène Schweizer , worked with Anton Bruhin , Hans Reichel , Paul Lovens and soon with Radu Malfatti in the duo Malfatti-Wittwer . It wasn't until much later that he studied classical guitar. Noisy solo projects were the focus early on, but so was the networked electro-acoustic ensemble Polyphonie Zürich .
He was a member of Rüdiger Carl's C.OWWS quintet (with Phil Wachsmann , Barre Phillips , among others ), Werner Lüdis Sunnymoon (with Martin Schütz , Hans Koch, among others ) and Red Twist & Tuned Arrow (with Christy Doran and Fredy Studer ). In duos, trios and projects he played with Han Bennink , Donald Miller ( Borbetomagus ), Steve Lacy , Voice Crack , Pierre Favre , Dietmar Diesner , Alfred Harth , Paul Lytton, Butch Morris , Jim O'Rourke , Christian Marclay , John Zorn , Alex Buess ( 16-17 ), Anton Bruhin , Peter Brötzmann , William Parker , SLUDGE 3000 , Steamboat Switzerland and many others.
Werther / Wittwer was the name of his duo with Michael Wertmüller , SLUDGE 5-0 his instrumental rock group with Jim Meneses and Keith Macksoud.
His publication streams (GROB, Cologne 2001) received an Honorary Mention in the field of digital music at Ars Electronica .
He occasionally writes film music , among others for the artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss .
Some sound carriers
- view 04 etc. , Zurich 2004
- streams , Cologne 2001
- I , Werther / Wittwer, Cologne 2000
- choice-chase , Stephan Wittwer-Martin Schütz-Paul Lovens, Zurich 1995
- World Of Strings , Zurich 1990
- and? , Malfatti-Wittwer, Berlin 1978
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: The Least Resistance (short film)
- 1981: Greed or Hamburg-Madrid
- 1982: drop shadow
- 1983: the right way
- 1987: Chaos in the Gotthard
- 1988: Out of everything and right in the middle
- 1990: Crime Scene - Howald's Case
- 1992: Tatort - Marion
- 1992: Divided night
- 1996: Increased risk of forest fires
- 2007: Markus Raetz (documentary film)
literature
- Hans Ruprecht, Ruedi Wyss, Peter Kraut (eds.): Taktlos Musiklesebuch , Basel / Weil am Rhein 2007, ISBN 978-3-938767-35-1
- Peter Kraut and Ruedi Wyss (Eds.): November 13, 1980: Archie Shepp / Jasata December 20, 2006: Pan Sonic / Alter Ego. A collection of material for 580 concerts by Taktlos Bern and Tonart Bern , Bern 2006, ISBN 978-3-033-01069-7
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
- Patrik Landolt and Ruedi Wyss (eds.): The laughing outsiders. Musicians between jazz, rock and new music , Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-85869-156-9
- Rock Session 4 , Reinbek 1980
Web links
- Homepage Stephan Wittwer
- Felix Klopotek : Changing Perspectives. In: jungle-world.com. June 2, 2004, accessed July 13, 2018 .
- Klaus Mümpfer: Stephan Wittwer in the Rüsselsheimer Jazzfabrik, July 15, 2003. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012 ; accessed on July 13, 2018 .
- Prix Ars Electronica 2002 - Recognition
- FMP publications
- Stephan Wittwer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SuperCollider programming environment
- ^ Polyphony Zurich: http://wittwer.mu/w2/pz.html
- ↑ Werther / Wittwer: http://wittwer.mu/w2/w2.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittwer, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |