Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger

Born: May 21st, 1939
Country of origin: Switzerland

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May 27th, 2012 | Remise - Ittingen - Switzerland

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June 3rd, 2012 | Hochschule für Musik, Konzertsaal Schlagzeughaus - Detmold - Germany

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03/28/2012

World première: H · K · H by Heinz Holliger in Bern

Heinz Holliger H · K · H Le – sung for 10 speakers and three percussionists (2011) nach mit : n : ach : knulp : by Händl Klaus (Ger.) 16'30'' • 30 March 2012 · Bern (CH) Kunstmuseum zone expérimentale – Ensemble for contemporary music Basel Conductor Marcus ...

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02/23/2012

schott aktuell - the journal 2/2012 online

Hymns and their close relations odes and dithyrambs provide artistic expression for mankind’s desire to celebrate and sublimate existence, liberating us from the limitations of everyday existence and lifting us towards universal and even transcendental principles. In ancient times, the hymn ...

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03/22/2011

Heinz Holliger: In Profile at Kings Place, London

From Wednesday 22nd March, Kings Place, one of London's newest concert spaces, will celebrate the music of eminent Swiss composer and oboist Heinz Holliger in a concert series curated by Christopher Richter. Over four concerts, each with its own descriptive ...

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08/23/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 5/2010 online

Dance! p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-9: World Premières: Tobias Picker: Awakenings · Benjamin Schweitzer: nach Hause · Toshio Hosokawa: Sternlose Nacht · Gustav Mahler / Yoel Gamzou: Symphonie Nr. 10 · Fazil Say: Trompetenkonzert · Howard Shore: Ruin and Memory ...

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03/29/2010

Work of the Week - Heinz Holliger: Gesänge der Frühe

On Good Friday, 2nd April, a concert to celebrate 200 years since Schumann’s birth by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn with the renowned SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble will feature Heinz Holliger’s Gesänge der Frühe at the Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Germany. The work, which takes it title and ...

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08/04/2009

Jörg Widmann and Heinz Holliger at Lucerne Festival

  As Composer-in-residence at this year’s Lucerne Festival, Jörg Widmann has been commissioned to write a new Oboe concerto for the legendary oboe player, conductor and composer Heinz Holliger. The world premiere will take place on 13th August with George Benjamin conducting the Mahler Chamber ...

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08/03/2009

Work of the Week - Heinz Holliger: (S)irat(ó)

On the occasion of Heinz Holliger’s 70th birthday earlier this year, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer will presents his orchestral work (S)irat(ó) at the BBC Proms on 4th August. The piece was composed between summer 1992 and spring 1993 and was commissioned ...

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07/17/2009

BBC Proms 2009

There is a great deal to enjoy in the contemporary music being presented across this year's Summer Festivals. Among many other key events, we would like to recommend the legendary BBC Proms where our composers are particularly strongly featured with works by Casken, Goehr, Holliger, Hookawa, Martland, ...

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05/06/2009

Heinz Holliger: 70th Birthday

"My entire relation to music is such that I always try to go to the limits", Heinz Holliger once said. The ever restless Swiss composer, oboist and internationally acknowledged conductor turns 70 on 21 May. After studying composition with Sándor Veress and Pierre Boulez, Holliger found a ...

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04/27/2009

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2009 online

Shakespeare in Music Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-7: World Premieres: Christian Jost: Hamlet in Berlin, Kenneth Hesketh: PatterSongs in Liverpool, Rodion Shchedrin: Lithuanian Saga in Vilnius, Jörg Widmann: Dubairische Tänze in Berlin etc. pp. 8-9: First ...

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