Klaus Huber (30 November 1924 – 2 October 2017) was a Swiss composer and academic based in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students were Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Kaija Saariaho. He received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2009, among other awards.
Life
Born in Bern, Huber first studied violin and music pedagogy from 1947 to 1949 at the Zurich Conservatory
He became one of the leading figures of his generation in Europe, alongside Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Stage works
- Jot oder Wann kommt der Herr zurück / Dialektische Oper in zwei Teilen (1973) Opera in two parts. Text: Philip Oxman, in German by Kurt Marti and Dietrich Ritschl
- 2009:
- Salzburg Music Prize
- Honorary Doctorate from University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Further reading
External links
- Official site including list of works, biographical information etc.
- Klaus Huber Musikbibliographie
- Publisher's website: Klaus Huber at Ricordi Berlin
- Ricordi: Klaus Huber has passed away
- Volker Hagedorn: Siemens-Musikpreisträger: Die Seele geht auf Seidenfüßen (in German) Die Zeit 8 February 2009
- Dem Genuss der Oberfläche widerstehen: Siemens-Preisträger Klaus Huber im Gespräch (interview, in German) Neue Musikzeitung 15 May 2009
- Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of SRG SSR on Neo.Mx3