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Jürg Frey
Jürg Frey (born 15 May 1953) is a Swiss composer and clarinettist. He is a member of the Wandelweiser, Wandelweiser Group. Biography Jürg Frey was born in 1953 in Aarau, Switzerland. He studied clarinet in Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Concervatoire de Musique de Genève, composition under Urs Peter Schneider in Bern and trained in Basel as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Frey co-founded the Lenzburg Music Forum, and has been artistic director of the Aarau concert series 'Moments Musicaux' for more than ten years. Frey has been invited to workshops as a visiting composer at the Berlin University of the Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin, the Technical University of Dortmund, Universität Dortmund, Northwestern University and California Institute of the Arts, CalArts. In 1991 he was prize winner at the Boswil International Composition Seminar. Frey has acted as a mentor at recent composer meet composer workshops including fellow Wandelweiser composers/artists An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandelweiser
The Wandelweiser Group is a composition school, collective for composers and performers of contemporary classical music. Inspired by the work of John Cage, the Wandelweiser Group writes experimental music, which is typically of a very quiet nature and often incorporates performance art. The musicologist Tim Rutherford-Johnson describes them as a "significant feature of 21st-century classical music, art music in the 21st century." Based around the publisher Edition Wandelweiser, they also have their own record label Wandelweiser Records. Prominent members of the group include Jürg Frey, Taylan Susam and Mark So. Overview The Wandelweiser Group was founded in 1992 by Dutch-born flautist Antoine Beuger and German violinist Burkhard Schlothauer. In 1993 Swiss clarinetist Jürg Frey was invited to join, followed by American guitarist Michael Pisaro, Swiss pianist Manfred Werder, then Austrian trombonist Radu Malfatti the following year, then American trombonist Craig Shepard, and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |