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Baumgartner Stephan

(1946)

Baumgartner Stephan
Hinterbergstrasse 15
CH-8044 Zürich
Schweiz

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Internet: www.hinterberg.ch

Biography

Stephan Baumgartner was born in Zurich. He received initial instruction on the violin at the age of six. He filled school books with compositions without the use of bar lines at the age of ten and, at seventeen, his desire to become a bassoonist was influenced by the hearing of Mozart's Bassoon Concert. It was to be another two years until he was accepted at the conservatory in Zurich.
In 1967 Baumgartner's teacher, Rudolf Leuzinger, sent him to Prague to prof. Jaroslav Rezác and prof. Karel Pivonka; prof. Ladislav Cerny was also an influence. Böhmen exercised a powerful influence over Stephan Baumgartner. He began a dialogue with the culture and the artists of the country, Prague became for him a cultural homeland of choice. He graduated from the Academy for the Musical Arts with a soloist's diploma for bassoon and subsequently studied bassoon for one year under the tutelage of Karel Janecek.
From 1973 until 1975 he attended the Freiburg im Breisgau School of Music and listened for a short time into the lectures of Klaus Huber. Following his studies he was incapable of composing for a period of four years. Improvisation helped him to develop his own musical language. The Central European tradition in the form of an extended tonality is, for Baumgartner, by no means exhausted. His music is borne of intuition and makes human sentiment in all its forms visible.
In 1979 he opened the 'Galerie am Hinterberg' in Zurich with the desire to bring closer music, the visual arts, literature, artists and the public. The gallery has become, without public help, a firm and favoured institution in Zurich - over 2500 events with primarily young artists and 750 world premieres have already taken place there.
Stephan Baumgartner lives as a freelance musician in Zurich. He has appeared as a chamber musician and solo bassoonist on countless tours at home and abroad. He values most particularly the interpretation of contemporary compositions which are often dedicated to him, most notably the meditation concerts in large churches like the Closter Einsiedeln or the Mosta Cathedral (Malta) etc.
Stephan Baumgartner received the honorary prize offered by the canton of Zurich in 1999 for his tireless engagement.

Work list

Musette (1976)
for viola and bassoon
Manuscript

Trio d'anches (reed trio) (1978)
for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Manuscript

Fragmente (1979)
for viola, bassoon and cello
Manuscript

Belochovice (1979)
for two violas and cello
Manuscript

Krajinka v mlze (Landschaft im Nebel) (1979)
for soprano, flute and bassoon
Manuscript

Embrassement (1979)
for violin and cello
Manuscript

Hochzeitsmarsch (1979)
for 2 violas, cello and bassoon
Manuscript

Nezvany host (Der ungeladene Gast) (1979)
for recorder and bassoon
Manuscript

Quintett für Englischhorn, Fagott, 2 Bratschen und Cello (quintet for english horn, bassoon, 2 violas and cello) (1979)
Manuscript

Myslenky na zivot (1979)
for bassoon and cello
Manuscript

Intrada (1979)
for 2 trumpets, flute, 4 bassoons and strings
Manuscript

Kam - Touha - Neklid (1979)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Kridla (Flügel) (1980)
for soprano, flute and bassoon
Manuscript

Chalen Duo (1980)
for flute and bassoon
Manuscript

Das Fliegen (1980)
for flute and bassoon
Manuscript

4 Shepherd's Songs (1980)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Quartett für 2 Fagotte und 2 Celli (quartet for 2 bassoons and 2 celli) (1980)
Manuscript

Quartetto Aquasana (1980)
for flute, violin, bassoon and cello
Manuscript

Tripelkonzert (1980)
for flute, bassoon, cello, strings and timpani
Manuscript

Präludium, Lento, Allegro (1982)
1st piano cycle
Manuscript

Kontemplationen (1982)
for 4 bassoons and piano
Manuscript

Novembertag (1982)
for female voice and piano
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Manuscript

Fischers Nachtlied (1982)
for bassoon
After Christian Morgenstern.
Manuscript

3 Shepherd's Songs (1978-1983)
for flute
Manuscript

Thuri Sonate (1983)
for 4 horns
Manuscript

Trio Pastorale (1983)
for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Manuscript

Perpetuum (1983)
for flute
For circular breathing.
Manuscript

Duo for Bassoon and Piano (1983)
Manuscript

Jubiläumssuite (1983)
for 2 flutes, violin and 3 bassoons
Manuscript

cervi in silva (1983)
Sextet
for 4 bassoons and 2 contrabassoons
Manuscript

6 Shepherd's Songs (1983)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Kinderlieder (1984)
2nd piano cycle
Manuscript

Choral und Allegro (1984)
for reed trio (ob, cl, bn)
Manuscript

Rondo Ollilan Tiila (1984)
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and piano
Manuscript

Suite für 8 Bläser (suite for 8 wind) (1984)
for oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
Manuscript

Saga und Faunsamkeit (1985)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Präludium (1985)
for violin
Manuscript

Bassoon Quartet (1985)
for bassoon and string trio
Manuscript

Duo for Alphorn and Piano (1985)
Manuscript

Klavierstücke (1987)
3rd piano cycle
Manuscript

Wiegenlied für Christoph (1987)
for recorder
Manuscript

Trio für Christian (1987)
for reed trio (ob, cl, bn)
Manuscript

Cinque miniature volanti (1989)
4th piano cycle
Manuscript

Triste - Gaio (1989)
for recorder
Manuscript

Humoreske (1989)
for reed trio (ob, cl, bn)
Manuscript

Abschied (1989)
for flute
Manuscript

Duo for Oboe and Bassoon (1990)
Manuscript

Ein kleines Requiem (1991)
for obligatory bassoon and strings
Manuscript

Mediation (1994)
for piano
Manuscript

Bilkoviny (1994)
5th piano cycle
Manuscript

Klavierquintett (1994)
for oboe/english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Manuscript

Deborah (1994)
for clarinet
Manuscript

Hledani - Rozlouceni - Kafkoviny (1995)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Deo grazias ("mon-[dia]-log") (1996)
9 meditations
for bassoon
Manuscript

Quartett (1996)
for violin, clarinet, bassoon and cello
Manuscript

Eine seltsame Geschichte, Bekenntnis (1996)
for piano
Manuscript

Erinnerung, Elegie, Widmung (1996)
for flute
Manuscript

Duo for Violin and Viola (1996)
Manuscript

Images (1997)
3 duos
for bassoon and cello
Manuscript

Serenade (1997)
for string orchestra
Manuscript

Tagebuch (1997)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Streichquartett (string quartet) (1997)
Manuscript

Quawra (1997)
6th piano cycle
Manuscript

Unerwünschte Blumen für Maya - Alles ist Maya (1997)
for piano
Manuscript

Aphorismen (1997)
for 2 clarinets and bassoon
Manuscript

Hommage à Brahms (1997)
for clarinet, cello and piano
Manuscript

4 Trios (1997)
for each with a soprano, alto and bass instrument
Manuscript

Tranquillo (1997)
for bass clarinet
Manuscript

Zyklus für Bassklarinette solo (cycle for bass clarinet solo) (1998)
Manuscript

Duo for Flute and Bassoon (1998)
Manuscript

Sizilianisches Tagebuch (1998)
98 dance pieces
for recorder
Manuscript

Impulse (1998)
for piano
Manuscript

Lamentationen (1999)
for bassoon
Manuscript

Quartett für Viola, Cello, Fagott und Posaune (quartet for viola, cello, bassoon and trombone) (1999)
Manuscript

Millenia (1999)
for recorder
Tranquillo ed espressivo - Lamento - Allegro.
Manuscript

Quartett für 4 Fagotte (quartet for 4 bassoons) (2000)
Manuscript

Triptychon eines jungen Lebens (2001)
for string orchestra
Manuscript

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