Ursina Caflisch

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Ursina Caflisch (2015)

Ursina Caflisch (born November 23, 1951 in Chur ) is a Swiss concert organist .

Life

Ursina Caflisch studied organ, counterpoint and piano at the Zurich Music Academy, where she completed her training with the Grossmünster organist Hans Vollenweider in 1975 with a teaching diploma for organ. From 1976 to 1979 she studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam , where she obtained the soloist diploma for organ as a student of Piet Kee . In addition to her studies, she continued her education with Werner Jacob and took master classes with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Marie-Claire Alain and Anton Heiller .

The main focus of Ursina Caflisch's activity as a musician is historically informed performance practice . From 1980 to 2014 Caflisch was the organist at the Neumünster Church in Zurich , where she founded the international concert cycle in Neumünster in 1980 . From 2007 to 2013 she also worked as an organist at the Catholic city ​​church St. Nikolaus in Frauenfeld. From 2001 to 2017 Ursina Caflisch worked as a lecturer for the organ at the University of Music and Theater (now Zurich University of the Arts ) and at the Zurich Conservatory (now the Zurich Conservatory Music School). As an organ soloist, she has given concerts on numerous historical organs in Europe. For sound carriers she played works by JS Bach, Johannes Brahms, Josef Rheinberger, César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor and others. a. a.

The old Tonhalle organ in Neumünster

When the old Tonhalle organ in the Tonhalle Zurich had to give way to a new organ in the summer of 1986 and was threatened with destruction, Ursina Caflisch successfully campaigned for the reconstruction of the instrument in the neo-classical church in Neumünster (Zurich) . From 1992 to 1994 the instrument was restored by the organ builder Kuhn AG and inaugurated in 1995 by Ursina Caflisch. From 1995 to 2007, together with the Verein der Musikfreunde Neumünster , she organized organ concert cycles and music weeks in which the instrument was performed as a soloist and together with choirs, instrumentalists and vocal soloists. From 2008 to 2014, an organ concert cycle with the Alte Tonhalle organ took place annually under the artistic direction of Ursina Caflisch.

Publications (selection)

  • Johannes Brahms' organ works. In: Musik und Gottesdienst, Journal for Protestant Church Music, Volume 51, Issue 3, Basel 1997, pp. 98-104.
  • The old Tonhalle organ in Neumünster Zurich. Edited by the Verein der Musikfreunde Neumünster. Zurich / Saland 1994.
  • Zurich's old Tonhalle organ in Neumünster. In: ars organi, Zeitschrift für das Orgelwesen, 43rd year, issue 2, Kassel 1995, pp. 111–114.

Discography (selection)

  • The organ in the Evangelical Church of St. Margrethen Ilanz. Works by F. Liszt, JS Bach, J. Brahms and Ch.-M. Widor. Turicaphon sound carrier, Riedikon 1987.
  • Improvisation on Psalm 121, in: Musicians, Organs, Improvisations. CD. H. Mathis, Näfels 1989.
  • Johannes Brahms: Organ Works. CD, Coronata, Ratingen 1996.
  • Organ concerts with the Alte Tonhalle organ. Works by JS Bach, L. Vierne, C. Franck, JG Rheinberger. Zurich 1998.
  • Josef Rheinberger: Sonatas for Organ. CD. ifo, Zweibrücken 2001.
  • 19th Century Organ & Choral Music. Works by Forchhammer, Kirchner, Jucker and Rheinberger. Guild, 2005.
  • Carillon de Westminster. Works by JS Bach, JG Rheinberger, S. Rousseau, L. Vierne u. a., Guild 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.zb.uzh.ch/spezialsammlungen/musikabteilung/nachlaesse/einzelne-nachlaesse/003813/index.html.de
  2. ↑ Angelus Hux: The organ in the town church of St. Nikolaus Frauenfeld. In: St. Galler Orgelfreunde (ed.): Bulletin OFSG 25, No. 1, Rickenbach 2007, pp. 3-19.
  3. ^ Bernhard Billeter: Report on the organ in the Tonhalle Zurich. Typescript. Zurich 1979.
  4. ^ Thomas Müller: The Reformed Church Neumünster in Zurich-Riesbach. Bern 2014 (= Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Swiss Art Guide , Series 96, No. 954–955), pp. 30–31
  5. ↑ Ursina Caflisch: The old Tonhalle organ in Neumünster Zurich. Edited by the Verein der Musikfreunde Neumünster. Zurich / Saland 1994, p. 13 ff.
  6. ↑ https://www.alte-tonhalle-orgel.ch/konzerte.html
personal data
SURNAME Caflisch, Ursina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss organist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur , Switzerland