Regina Irman (born 22 March 1957) is a Swiss musician, music educator and composer.
Regina Irman was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 1976 she studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory, and in 1982 received her teacher's diploma with guitar as principal instrument. She also began to study percussion, and in 1995 received a concert diploma with distinction for percussion.
Her first compositions were made while she was studying the guitar, and after 1983 she composed for a number of commissions, including the city of Zurich, the cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, the Women's Congress of Bern, the Swiss Youth Music Competition, and various ensembles. She spent a sabbatical year in Zurich, and has performed in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and Ukraine. She also works as a drummer and instrumental teacher. She is a lecturer at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau.
Irman has composed solo pieces, chamber music, choral works, and for music theater.
Selected works include:
Hill at Ceret (1983) for 2 violas and double bassSpeculum (1984) for 4 clarinets in Eb, percussion (2), Sisyphus machine, mirrors and colored lights backdropFrom reflective ice (1984) for four clarinetsFloor (los) (1985) for three violinsMelody 1 (1985) for quarter-tone guitar or other instruments with a clear intonation possibilityMelody 2 (1985) for Untertonflöte or other instrumentsA dada = foreign songs sheet (1985–1986) Based on texts by Adolf Wolfli (mezzo-soprano) and pianoPiano songs, which deal with misunderstanding of the Swiss.Wind Chimes (1986) for pianoNumbers (1986) for pianoA Funeral March (1987) trio for percussion and spoken voiceBlack Happiness (1988–1989) for partially prepared pianoPassacaglia (1989–1990) for Clarinet in AChopin in the vertical (1991) for speaker, piano, timpani and tapesRequiem to the Death "(1991-1993) for 25 women's voices, text: AkhmatovaMasquerade (1993)Eight pieces for mixed choirMirror Dance (1993) for 2 recorders and drumsWords (1995) Saxophone Ensemble and percussionAssociation Office (1995) for solo percussion (chimes, cymbals and metal objects)"... Like a grasshopper on the seas ..." (1995–1996) for large mixed chorus and tape stripsTable with bird feet (1996) for tape aloneFive speech-sound-objects (1996) for solo percussion (vibraphone, percussion Klein, speaking) Based on texts by Sonja Sekula.Subjects (1996) for piano four handsThree Dances (1996–1997) for soprano, speaking voice/ piano, clarinet and accordion Text: Anna AkhmatovaSculptures (for Bruce Naumann) (1997) for quarter-tone-viol quartetOtto mane (1999) for speaker, soprano, piano and bass drum text: ETA HoffmannOrfeo (1999–2000) for 5 players (also version for tape)Surdina (1999–2000) for alto solo Texts: Cecilia MeirelesBlack happiness 2 (1990–2001) for percussion quartetLandscapes (2003) Five Pieces for percussion sextet 1. Snow landscape, 2. Frost flowers, 3. Mechanical landscape, cut up, 4. Eisgitter, amorphous, 5. Mechanical landscape, rotatingTen short pieces based on themes by Bach and Biber (2004) for (baroque) violin soloAccording to Fields (2006–2007) for 8 women's voices with percussion and light sourcesLines (2006–2007) for 2 soprano trombones and 2 alto trombones