Heinrich Sutermeister

Heinrich Sutermeister

Born: August 12th, 1910
Died: March 16th, 1995
Country of origin: Switzerland

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Serenade No. 2
February 27th, 2012 | Deutsche Oper - Berlin - Germany

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Chronology

1910

Born on 12 August in Feuerthalen (near Schaffhausen)

Attends grammar school in Basel

Studies music history wirh Karl Neff, and German literature

Piano lessons with Charlotte Schrameck

Study visit in Paris

1931
Studies at the "Akademie der Tonkünste", Munich, with Walter Courvoisier (harmony and counterpoint) and Hugo Röhr (conducting)
1934
Coach at the Stadttheater Bern
1940
First performance of "Romeo und Julia" in Dresden
1942
First performance of "Die Zauberinsel" in Dresden
1946
First performance of "Niobe" in Zürich
1948
First performance of "Raskolnikoff" in Stockholm

13 April Marries Verena Renker

First performance of  "Die schwarze Spinne" in St. Gallen
1951

First performance of "Der rote Stiefel" in Stockholm

1953
First performance of  "Missa da Requiem" in Rome with Herbert von Karajan
1958
First performance of "Titus Feuerfuchs" in Basel

Appointed president of "Schweizerische Mechanlizenz" (until 1980)
1962
Award-winner of the "Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs dramatiques"
1963
Teaches a composition class at the "Staatliche Hochschule für Musik", Hannover
1965
Opera Award of the City of Salzburg
1967
First performance od "Madame Bovary" in Zürich

Award by the "Schweizerischen Tonkünstlerverein"
1968

16 June Birth of daughter Anna-Katharina

1975
First performance of "Ecclesia" in Lausanne Cathedral
since 1977
Member of the "Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste"
1985
First performance of "Le Roi Bérenger" in Munich
1991
Is awarded the "Prix de la Fondation Pierre et Louisa Meylan" in Lausanne

First performance of "Gloria" in Morges with Pierre Arn
1995
Heinrich Sutermeister dies on 16 March in Morges (canton Waadt)