Hans Ulrich Lehmann (4 May 1937 – 26 January 2013) was a Swiss composer.

Education

Hans Ulrich Lehmann studied violoncello at the Biel Conservatory in his hometown and music theory with Paul Müller-Zürich at the

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich' ...

. From 1960 to 1963 he attended master classes in composition with

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City of Basel Music Academy The City of Basel Music Academy (german: Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel) is an institution for music education, located in Basel, Switzerland. It comprises a music school, college of music, and a center for early music research and performance. ...

. He also studied

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University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

. From 1961 to 1972 he was a lecturer at the City of Basel Music Academy and from 1969 to 1990 lecturer for

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at the University of Zurich and from 1990 at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

. Among his students were Wolfram Schurig, Manuel Hidalgo, Hwang Long Pan, Stefan Keller, Gérard Zinsstag, Alfred Zimmerlin, Mischa Käser, Thomas Gartmann and Max E. Keller. From 1976 to 1998 he was director of the

. From 1983 to 1986 he was president of the Association of Swiss Musicians and from 1991 to 2011 president of the

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. He died in

Zollikon Zollikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zürich, the munici ...

on 26 January 2013.Obituary, ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'', 28 January 2013, p. 10.

Music

Hans Ulrich Lehmann created from 1960 to 2011 a sizable output of about 125 works that includes large-scale works and miniatures which define the essence of his contemporary style.

Bibliography

* Christoph Steiner: "Hans Ulrich Lehmann", in ''

Komponisten der Gegenwart The ''Komponisten der Gegenwart'' (KDG) is a music encyclopedia in German language about composers of the 20th and 21st century. It is a looseleaf service with information on currently about 900 composers. Editors Hanns-Werner Heister and Walter ...

'' (KdG) (Munich: Edition Text & Kritik 1996), * Susanne Kübler: "Im Innern des Klangs. Der Schweizer Komponist Hans Ulrich Lehmann ist 75-jährig gestorben", in: ''Tages-Anzeiger'', 27 January 2013, p. 22. * Alfred Zimmerlin: "Der klingende, tanzende Körper. Zum Tod des Komponisten Hans Ulrich Lehmann", in: ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'', 28 January 2013, p. 34.

References

External links

Official website
* Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of

SRG SSR The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (german: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; french: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; it, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; rm, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG ...

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