• Source: Martin Schlumpf

      • Martin Schlumpf (born 3 December 1947) is a Swiss musician, composer, conductor, improviser (double bass, saxophone and bass clarinet) and academic teacher.


      Career


      Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, the piano with Warren Thew and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, and theory and composition with Rudolf Kelterborn. He continued his studies with Boris Blacher in Berlin.
      From 1977 to 2011 he was professor of music theory and improvisation at the Departement Musik of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK, formerly Musikhochschule). He served the department as Konventspräsident from 1999 to 2010.


      Selected works


      Trio for flute, viola and harp, 1970
      5 Stücke für grosses Orchester (5 pieces for large orchestra), 1973
      Tenebrae for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir, five brass players, harpsichord and string quintet (after Paul Celan), 1976/77
      Jeux for 3 clarinets, 1979
      Ostinato II for three improvising musicians and orchestra, 1982
      "... per la quinta vox..." for viola solo, 1986
      Winterkreis for saxophone quartet, 1991
      December Rains for piano, 1992/93
      Mouvements for piano and orchestra, 1994/99
      Frühling for percussion quartet, 1995
      …aufflattern mit dunklen Gesichtern die Fledermäuse…, fall music for four female voices, 1995
      Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, 1997
      Rattaplasma 2 for clarinet and computer (Ambisonics), 2001
      Waves, concerto for cello, trumpet, string orchestra and computer (Ambisonics), 2002
      pulsar_1 for flute, clarinet, accordion, drums and computer (Ambisonics), 2006/07
      Sommerkreis for string quartet, 2007
      pulsar_2 for voice, flute, piano and computer (Ambisonics), 2009
      Streams, concerto for clarinet, bass trombone and 17 instruments, 2010
      The Five Points for clarinet and string quartet, 2012
      Spiegelbilder for viola, cello and piano, 2013
      Triple Suite, triple concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra, 2015


      Selected recordings


      Swiss Fusion 84 – Live (utr 4009 LP), 1984
      Noblesse galvanisée (PL 1267-20/21 2LP), Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1985
      Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck (utr 4038 CD), 1990
      Cumuli (utr 4049 CD), Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1992
      Martin Schlumpf: Vier Jahreszeiten (Musikszene Schweiz CD 6129), 1996
      Conlon Nancarrow – Martin Schlumpf: Die Kunst des Tempokanons (artist.cd, ARTS 8103 2), 2004
      Timegrid_01 (tgmusic 47.101), Zweizeit, 2008
      pulsar_1 (tgmusic 47.102 / ZHdK Records 15/09), Martin Schlumpf, 2009
      Summer Circle (Navona Records, NV5873), 2012


      Selected awards


      1972 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
      1975 First prize in the composition competition of the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich
      1979 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
      Werkjahre of the Aargauer Kuratorium and Zürich


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Literature by and about Martin Schlumpf in the German National Library catalogue
      Schlumpf Martin (in German) Musinfo - database of Swiss music
      Die Kunst des Tempokanons (in German) review in NZfM March 2005

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