- Heinz Holliger
Heinz Holliger (born birth_date|1939|5|21|df=y) is a Swiss oboist,
composer and conductor.He was born in
Langenthal, Switzerland and began his musical education at the conservatories ofBern andBasel . He studied composition withSándor Veress andPierre Boulez . He took first prize for oboe in the International Competition inGeneva in 1959.He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists, and numerous works have been written for him. He began teaching at the Musikhochschule in
Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany in 1966.In 1972 Holliger,
Maurice Bourgue (oboe),Klaus Thunemann (bassoon ), andChristiane Jaccottet (continuo) et al recorded the "Six Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Bassoon" byJan Dismas Zelenka . This recording is credited for the "Zelenka Renaissance".Holliger has also composed many works in a variety of media. As an ECM artist, recordings of some of his works are readily available for buying.
Awards
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Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1987;Denmark )
*Zurich Festival Prize (2007) [http://www.schott-music.com/news/archiv/show,881.html]elected works
*"Sequenzen über Johannes I,32" (1962) for
harp
*"Streichquartett" (1973) forstring quartet
*"Scardanelli-Zyklus" (1975–1991) for soloflute , smallorchestra , tape and mixedchoir
*"Come and Go / Va et vient / Kommen und Gehen" (1976/1977),opera to a text bySamuel Beckett
*"Not I" (1978–1980)monodrama forsoprano and tape
*"Lieder ohne Worte" (1982–1994), two sets of works forviolin andpiano
*"What Where" (1988),chamber opera
*"Alb-Chehr" (1991) for speaker, singers and chamber ensemble
*Konzert ("Hommage à Louis Soutter") (1993–1995) for violin and orchestra
*"Schneewittchen" (1998), opera based on a text by Robert WalserExternal links
* [http://www.schott-music.com/shop/artists/1/9042/ Heinz Holliger] at
Schott Music
*cite web
url = http://finanzblog.kaywa.com/files/Bachelorarbeit.pdf
title = Heinz Holliger — Leben und Werk
accessdate = 2008-05-22
author = Katharina Jing An Gebauer
year = 2008
month = March
format = PDF (18MB)
work = BA (Composition) Thesis
language = German
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