Werner Bärtschi
Werner Bärtschi (born January 1, 1950 in Zurich ) is a Swiss composer and pianist .
Life
Bärtschi studied piano with Sava Savoff , Jürg Wyttenbach and Rolf Mäser , composition with Armin Schibler , Klaus Huber and Rudolf Kelterborn and orchestral conducting with Erich Schmid at the Universities of Zurich and Basel. He was influenced u. a. through the music of John Cage and Dieter Schnebel .
In 1980 he founded the concert series Rezital Zürich. In 1987 he became artistic director of the Zurich Oberland Music College. From 1990 to 1992 he was President of the Music Commission of the City of Zurich. He is also the initiator of cycles and festivals such as the Satie season (1980/81), the Ives cycle (1985/86) and the June festival week (1991). Bärtschi is active in the Zurich Composers' Secretariat, which includes Ulrich Gasser , Max E. Keller , Martin Sigrist and Peter Wettstein . He is the editor of music books and has published several LPs and CDs.
He brought works by u. a. John Cage, Klaus Huber , Wladimir Rudolfowitsch Vogel , Dieter Schnebel, Terry Riley and Wilhelm Killmayer for the world premiere.
His students include Alfons Karl Zwicker and Roger Girod .
In 1983 he won the Grand Prix du Disque .
Discography (selection)
- Pierre Mariétan (Grammont portrait, 1992)
- Crossing paths - Zurich composers' office (Grammont portrait, 1997)
- Basel Sinfonietta (Grammont portrait, 2001)
- Rotondo or »the art of joining« (stv / asm, 2002)
- Marcela Pavia - Max E. Keller (NEOS, 2011)
literature
- Ingo Harden : Werner Bärtschi . In: Ingo Harden, Gregor Willmes: Pianist profiles: 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1616-5 , p. 51f.
- Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 20.
Web links
- Werner Bärtschi at Discogs (English)
- Werner Bärtschi in the Musinfo database of the Swiss music edition SME / EMS
- Sound recordings with works by the composer from the SRG SSR archive on Neo.Mx3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bärtschi, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |