Ulrich Gasser

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Ulrich Gasser (born April 15, 1950 in Frauenfeld ) is a contemporary Swiss composer and cultural functionary.

Life

After graduating from high school , Gasser studied instrumental at the Winterthur Conservatory ( flute ), then deepened his instrumental training as a flutist with André Jaunet at the Zurich Conservatory and at the same time studied composition with Klaus Huber at the Freiburg University of Music (Breisgau) .

Between 1976 and 2004 he taught at the Pedagogical Matura School in Kreuzlingen . He was an employee of the Pro Musica Zurich and the music commission of the Künstlerhaus Boswil . Between 2004 and 2008 he was in the secretariat of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein STV / ASM in Lausanne as Secrétaire artistique, responsible for musical and artistic questions. He has worked as a freelance composer since 2009, lives on Lake Geneva and in France .

Musical creation

Gasser's work includes compositions for solo instruments, chamber music, ensembles, chamber orchestras, orchestras, voices, vocal ensembles, choirs, but above all oratorios, liturgical music, as well as music theater and music for silent films. Since 1981 he has been composing music with sound stones at regular intervals together with the stone sculptor Arthur Schneiter.

Gasser was inspired by Andrea Nold's pictures for no less than three compositions. One of them was performed on the occasion of the Swiss Tonkünstlerfest in 1981 in Lugano .

His works were performed at the Donaueschinger Musiktage , festivals in Hamburg, Kassel, Munich, Saarbrücken, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Venice and at several Swiss Tonkunstler festivals, including live radio broadcasts.

The following have been released on CD recordings (among others with the participation of the composer):

  • Time / Trains II (Grammont Sélection 1st world premieres from 2007)
  • Angel holding the dead Christ and Mary smiling (Festival L'art pour l'Aar - January 2005)
  • ROTONDO or The Art of Joining (Ensemble Aventure)
  • On the inexorable randomness of death, a scenic oratorio (ensemble "Les Joueurs de flûte"; Schneiter; among others)
  • Pasticchio (Crossing Paths - Zurich Composers' Office)
  • Visio Stephani - or how Saint Stephen died (Ulrich Gasser: Visio Stephani)
  • Experiment / thoughts on "Christe du Lamm Gottes" (Singing group of the Engadiner Kantorei Zürich; Karl Scheuber)
  • Organ piece for the song of wisdom (Christoph Wartenweiler)
  • From the sayings the song of wisdom (Ensemble Exvoco, Stuttgart)
  • Christ thorns ( Arditti String Quartet )
  • Notes VI ( Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Hans Zender )

Functions in cultural creation

  • 1992–1998 President of the "Forum Other Music" Kreuzlingen
  • 1994–2003 President of the "Schweizer Musik Edition" SME / EMS
  • 1999–2003 member of the board of Suisseculture
  • 1998–2004 member of the board of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein STV / ASM, including two years as president
  • Since 2002 board member of the Nicati-de Luze Foundation and the Swiss Youth Music Competition SJMW
  • 2006–2009 member of the advisory board of the European Composers Forum

Awards

  • 1982 2nd prize from Ensemblia Mönchengladbach
  • 1985 1st prize in the composition competition of the Bach Academy Stuttgart
  • 1991 Culture Prize of the Canton of Thurgau

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Böhi: Andrea Nold-Ulrich Gasser. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .


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personal data
SURNAME Gasser, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and flautist
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenfeld