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Martin Schlumpf
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Martin Schlumpf (born 3 December 1947) was a Swiss musician, composer, conductor, improviser (double bass, saxophone and bass clarinet) and academic teacher.
Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, piano with Warren Thew and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, 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
