Fabian Müller (composer)

Fabian Müller ( * 1964 in Zurich ) is a Swiss composer.

Life

He studied cello with Claude Starck and composition with Josef Haselbach at the Zurich Conservatory. After graduation, he took four years at the summer courses of the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado in part. There he studied composition with Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands, and George Tsontakis.

Was promoted significantly Fabian Müller by David Zinman, who has recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London 2002, a portrait CD. Another shot with Chamber Music for Strings was released in 2004 with the Petersen Quartet. Fabian Müller's works are internationally played by major orchestras and ensembles. Commissioned works he wrote for the Lucerne Festival, the Interlaken Music Festival or the Vestfold Festspillene in Norway and his works were performed at the festival La Chaise Dieux in France, at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado or at the Festival Internacional de Ushuaia in Argentina.

In addition to his activities as a composer Fabian Müller mainly interested in ethnomusicology. For ten years ( 1991-2002 ) he worked on the publication of Hanny Christen collection, a ten-volume Swiss folk music anthology with over 10 ` 000 melodies from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Current works

His recent works include the Cello Sonata No. 2, and Dialogues Cellestes, a double concerto for two cellos and orchestra. Both works were commissioned by the cellist Antonio Meneses and were premiered by him. Among the works of recent years include four string quartets, and the Concerto per clover for solo cello and chamber orchestra (premiered in 2007 by Steven Isserlis ) and the Concerto for Orchestra ( world premiere: Austro- Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Christopher Hogwood ). The symphonic work Taranis was unveiled in 2009 by the Bern Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrey Boreyko on a tour of Germany.

Awards and Recognition

List of Works

Orchestral works

  • " Early evening " Intermezzo for orchestra (2010 ) Premiere: January 12, 2011; Bern, Culture casino; New Zurich orchestra; Martin Studer -Müller
  • Concerto for Orchestra (2007/2008) UA: April 26, 2009; Bern, Culture casino; Austro- Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Christopher Hogwood; Commissioned anniversary of the Clubhouse Concerts 2009
  • Taranis (2006) for large symphony orchestra, in a sentence UA: November 19, 2008; La Chaux -de- Fond, Salle de Musique; Bern Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dmitri Liss
  • Eiger (2004 ) Premiere: August 27, 2004; Interlaken Music Festival; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons
  • Balada y Bulerias (2003) UA 2 May 2005; St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg, conducted by Marc Andreae
  • Gayatri Rhapsody (1997 ) Premiere: December 3, 2004; Tonhalle Zurich; Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, conducted by Peter Oundjian
  • Intrada (1997) UA May 1, 2006; Festival Ushuaia, Argentina; Dvorak Symphony Orchestra ( Prague), conducted by Claude Villaret

Solo Concerts

  • « Sirimadi " Concert Piece for Cello and Orchestra (2011 ) Premiere: June 1, 2012; Bangkok, Music Auditorium ( MACM Hall ); Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret; Program music inspired by the Thai Buddhist story about the Queen Sirimadi. Order for the anniversary " 80 years of diplomatic relationship between Switzerland and Thailand ."
  • « Dialogues Cellestes " Concerto for 2 Cellos and Orchestra (2009 ) Premiere: February 18, 2011; Bangkok, Music Auditorium ( MACM Hall ); Soloists: Antonio Meneses & Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret
  • " Concerto per clover " for cello and chamber orchestra (2007 ) Premiere: August 23, 2007; Paul Klee Museum, Bern; Steven Isserlis, cello, Weinberger Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Gábor Takács -Nagy
  • « Song of the Lonely " for saxophone and string orchestra (2005); Tribute to Dag Hammarskjöld Premiere: March 30, 2007; International Saxophone Festival, Theatre Szczecin, Poland; Harry White, alto saxophone, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra ( 2005 ) Premiere: July 23, 2008; Domleschger summer concerts; Soloist: Adrian Oetiker, Grisons Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Marcus Bosch
  • Suite for cello and string orchestra (2004 ) Premiere: May 17, 2004; National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan; Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Academy of Taiwan String
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra ( 1999) CD recording 2002; Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Philharmonia Orchestra, London, conducted by David Zinman
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1993 ) Premiere: March 14, 1997; Philharmonic Orchestra of Poznan ( Poland), soloist: Tomasz Tomaszewski, Director: Marc Andreae.

Orchestral Songs

  • "In the beginning " - to invent three attempts the world, for soprano, string orchestra and harpsichord ( 2010); Settings of texts by Tim Krohn UA: Lutherse Kerk, Holland; Baroque Ensemble De Swaen, Amsterdam
  • "Night Songs " for mezzo - soprano and orchestra (1999); poems by Hermann Hesse UA: January 12, 2001; Tonhalle Zurich; Malena Ernman, mezzo - soprano, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman

String Orchestra

  • " A Berner called ... » Humorous addition for String Orchestra (2012 ) Premiere: September 1, 2012; Stadttheater Bern; Camerata Bern
  • Weinberger Divertimento (2008 ) Premiere: August 23, 2008; Rain Hall, vineyards, St. Gallen; Weinberger Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Gábor Takács -Nagy
  • Vocalise (2006 ) Premiere: February 8, 2007 St. Peter, Zurich; Helvetica Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alexandre Clerc
  • Labyrinth ( 2005) UA: October 2005; U.S. tour; Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Howard Griffith
  • Rhapsody for String Orchestra (1990 ) Premiere: July 26, 1991 Biel Festival; North Bohemian Philharmonic, conducted by Jost Meier

Chamber Music (Selection)

  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 (2013 ) Premiere: July 13, 2013; Taiwan, Kaohsiung; Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Bernhard PARZ, Piano
  • Sonata for viola and piano (2012 ) Premiere: May 31, 2012; USA, Rochester, NY, 40th International Viola Congress, Eastman School of Music; Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Viola
  • The mysterious Mr. Harley Quin, for violin, viola and piano (2011 ) Premiere: June 25, 2011; Festival « Cully Classique "; Martyn Jackson, violin, Andrii Malakhov, viola and Joaquim Carr, piano
  • String Quartet No. 3, " About the time " (2011 ) Premiere: May 27, 2011; Basel, City Casino, Hans Huber Hall; Nathan Quartet
  • String Quartet No. 4, " 1 to 4, 4 to 1 " (2011 ) Premiere: October 19, 2014 Bern; Carmina Quartet
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 (2011 ) Premiere: February 25, 2013 Cremona; Antonio Meneses, cello, Olga Zadorozhniuk, Piano
  • " Munch's dream ( a) " for solo violin (2010 ) Premiere: June 5, 2010; Vestfold International Festival 2010, Norway; Henning Kraggerud, violin
  • String Quartet No. 2, " The Helvetic " (2010 ) Premiere: January 26, 2011; Townhouse Winterthur; Carmina Quartet
  • Duo for cello and guitar (2009 ) Premiere: October 27, 2009; Zurich; Mattia Zappa, cello, Admir Doçi, guitar
  • Harlequin Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet (2003 ) Premiere: April 25, 2004; Lenzburg Castle; Lux Brahn, clarinet, Sarastro Quartet
  • Duo for violin and cello (2002) UA 9 May 2004; Kongresshaus Zurich; Tomasz Tomaszewski, violin, Pi-Chin Chien, cello
  • String Quartet No. 1 (2001 ) Premiere: April 25, 2004; Lenzburg Castle; Sarastro Quartet
  • Saxophone Quartet (2000 ) Premiere: August 29, 2001; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet ] ]
  • String Trio (1997) UA: Tonhalle Zurich; Zurich String Trio

Transcriptions (selection)

  • 20 Song Transcriptions for clarinet and string orchestra by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Grieg UA: October 15, 2013 Radio Studio Zurich; Fabio Di Càsola, clarinet; Zurich Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Willi Zimmermann
  • Johan S. Svendsen: Romance, Op. 26 for String Quintet (2013 ) Premiere: May 22, 2013 Lenzburg Castle, Festival Lenzburgiade, Engegard Quartet (Norway )
  • Paul Juon: Suite op 89, for violin, cello and string orchestra (2013 ) ( orig. piano trio ) Premiere: November 27, 2013 National Concert Hall, Taipei; Tan Chen, violin, Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Academy of Taiwan Strings
  • Schubert: 7 songs, arranged for soprano and string orchestra (2009 ) Premiere: September 5, 2009; Sandra Trattnigg, soprano, Weinberger Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Gábor Takács -Nagy
  • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo for String Orchestra ( 2007)
  • Niccolò Paganini: Moto Perpetuo Op. 11 for String Orchestra ( 2006)
  • Max Bruch: Swedish Dances for Violin and String Orchestra ( 1992) ( orig. violin & piano)

Discography

  • 2013: Portrait CD: Eiger (2004), Concerto for Orchestra (2007/ 08), " Dialogues Cellestes " Antonio Meneses & Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Claude Villaret ARS Produktion
  • 2013: " Munch's dream ( a) for solo violin (2010), Henning Kraggerud, violin, SIMAX Classics
  • 2007: Suite for Cello and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Othmar Schoeck: Six Songs for Cello and Piano Op. 6 Pi-Chin Chien cello, Adrian Oetiker, Piano, Musiques Suisses
  • 2006: Portrait - CD; Piano Concerto, labyrinth, Suite for Cello and String Orchestra, " Song of the Lonely ," Pi-Chin Chien, cello, Adrian Oetiker, piano, Harry White, saxophone, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Ruben Gazarian; Musiques Suisses
  • 2004: Chamber Music for Strings; Petersen Quartet; Tomasz Tomaszewski, violin; Pi-Chin Chien, cello; Andreas Wylezol, double bass; « 20th Century Portraits " Capriccio
  • 2003: Five interludes for alto saxophone, Harry White, saxophone; German Grammophon
  • 2002: Portrait - CD; "Night Songs ," Cello Concerto in 1999, Intrada, Gayatri Rhapsody; Malena Ernman, mezzo - soprano; Pi-Chin Chien, cello; Philharmonia Orchestra, London; David Zinman col legno
  • 1995: Violin Concerto (1993 ), Suite Vaudoise, Rhapsody for String Orchestra, "Night Songs "; MDS Classics
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