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Gubler Rico

(12. 01. 1972)

Gubler Rico
Gubler Rico
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Ostermundigenstrasse 103
Fachbereichsleitung Musik
CH-3006 Bern
Schweiz

Tel: +41 786 51 65

www.ricogubler.ch/

 

Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers, Improvisers, Interpreters, Authors
Biography
* 12. 01. 1972.

- Saxophone studies under the tutelage of Iwan Roth at the Basel Academy of Music, Marcus Weiss at Zurich Conservatory and Jean-Michel Goury in Paris
- Specialised in contemporary music, free improvisation and live electronic performances
- Received the Migros Fellowship Prize in 1997 and the Ernst Göhner Foundation Prize in 1998
- Studied composition under the tutelage of Balz Trümpy in Basel and Salvatore Sciarrino in Florence
- Prix du Club de mécénat suisse en France 1998
- Culture Prize of the canton of Zurich in 1999
- Stipend at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn in 2001
- Landis and Gyr composition stipend at London's Royal Academy in 2001/02
- Sabbatical year from the city of Zurich 2004
- Interpretation with the Catrall ensemble in 2005
- Stipend from the Dr. Robert and Lina Thyll-Dürr Foundation
Rico Gubler has taught saxophone at the Music School of Lugano since 2004.


Work list

Fünf Studien für Klavier in sechs Sätzen (1994-1995)

Duration: 12' 00"

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erschöpfen - als kleines (1995-1996)

Instrumentation: for solo speaker, four screamers/whisperers, two chamber speaking choirs and bass flute

Duration: 10' 00"

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Streif(f)lichter einer Morgenstunde (1996)

Instrumentation: for violin solo

Duration: 7' 00"

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Etüden (1996)

Instrumentation: for saxophone

Very simple etudes with further proposals for exercise.

Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
taglio (1996)

Instrumentation: for violin, viola, violoncello and double-bass

Duration: 10' 00"

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In Salzlachen (1997-1998)

Instrumentation: for guitar and percussion

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Intersektionen I (1997)

Instrumentation: for bassoon solo

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Network (1997)

Instrumentation: for flute, viola and harp

Duration: 7' 00"

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Weh mir, wo nehm' ich, wenn es Winter ist, die Blumen... (1997)

Instrumentation: for violin, viola, violoncello and piano

Duration: 12' 00"

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In Sand gemeisselt (1998)

Instrumentation: for viola, violoncello and percussion

Duration: 6' 00"

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Blätter von Kupferdraht (1998-1999)

Instrumentation: for marimba solo (with crotales, tuning fork and guiro)

Duration: 6' 00"

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Aus reifem Wachs (1998)

Instrumentation: for violin solo

Duration: 2' 00"-3' 00"

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FAL (1999)

Instrumentation: for bass clarinet / Eb clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, violoncello and double-bass

Duration: 7' 00"

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Loud-Speakers (Easy listening version) (1999/2005)

Instrumentation: for two tenor and two baritone saxophones

Duration: 6' 00"
Edition J.M. Fuzeau
B.P. 406 - Courlay
F-79306 Bressuire Cedex
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offen gefaltet (1999)

Instrumentation: for violoncello solo

Duration: 6' 00"

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1. Suite für Viktor (2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, saxophone, violin, violoncello and piano

Quartet for bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano [vetro] (3')Quintet [incontro] (2')Quartet for clarinet, baritone saxophone, violin and violoncello [with bundled energy] (1'45)Solo violin with accompaniment [like eternally broken glass] (4')Quintet II [Melody granulated] (2'30)

Duration: 14' 00"

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2. Suite für Viktor (2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, saxophone, violin, violoncello, and piano

Duo for violin and violoncello [battuto – roughly a dance] (2')
Trio for clarinet, soprano saxophone and violin [approximately] (2'15)
Duo for clarinet and violoncello [mute ballet from billiard balls] (2')
Solo for clarinet (with additional instrumentation) [uneasy, murky] (2')
Trio for violin, violoncello and piano [inside pulsating] (2')
Quartet for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, violoncello, and piano with poco solo violin [conspicuously quiet] (2')


Duration: 13' 00"

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3. Suite für Viktor (2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, saxophone, violin, violoncello and piano

Trio for clarinet, tenor saxophone, and violoncello [too coarsely assembled, rupturing] (2')Quartet for clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin and piano [inert, of stone and columns] (2')Quintet [somewhat course, in the interstice] (1'45)Duo for violoncello and piano [reserved, singing I] (2')Duo for clarinet and tenor saxophone [linear, with defiance] (2'30)Duo violin and piano [reserved, singing II] (2')

Duration: 13' 00"

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4. Suite für Viktor (2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, saxophone, violin, violoncello and piano

Quintet [Impulse, a choice] (2')Solo for violoncello [circling the resistance] (2'45)Quartet for clarinet, tenor saxophone, violoncello and piano [muted screaming] (2')Duo for baritone saxophone and violoncello [deep ground] (2')Duo for clarinet and piano [... and a waltz] (1'45)Duo for violin and soprano saxophone [exercise for the death of agogics] (2'30)

Duration: 13' 00"

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KOR (2000-2001)

Instrumentation: for string quartet, tenor saxophone, percussion, bass clarinet and double-bass

Duration: 9' 00"

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ZIR (2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello

Duration: 7' 00"

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KOR II (2001)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 6' 00"

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KAL (2001)

Instrumentation: for soprano, oboe, violoncello and piano

Duration: 8' 00"

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(Spielpartitur)
Ortswechsel (2001)
19 songs

Instrumentation: for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet

Duration: 30' 00"
Manuscript
Look for Trouble (2001)

Instrumentation: for 2 - 4 saxophones

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Ortswechsel, eine Winteroper (2001)
19 Singings

Instrumentation: for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and speaker

Texts: Gert Loschütz

Text: Gert Loschütz.

Duration: 45' 00"

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Roundabout - Zu Offenbachs op. 34 (2001-2002)

Instrumentation: for two violoncelli

Duration: 30' 00"

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Ewn-ts 13-15 (2002)
Conceptual composition

Instrumentation: for sax and electronics

Duration: 70' 00"
Manuscript
En bref (2002)

Instrumentation: for violin, clarinet, saxophone and piano

Duration: 10' 00"

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Märchenerzählung (y-song) (2002)

Instrumentation: for soprano and percussion

Duration: 3' 00"

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rot Rosen, weiss Liljen (2002)

Instrumentation: for wind quintet (fl.ob.cl.hn.bn)

Duration: 7' 00"

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bored (2003)
Three small scenes

Instrumentation: for small drum

For a bored, speaking, small drum, a bored drumming voice or a bored, small drum and a bored voice.

Duration: 3' 00"

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IR (2003)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, viola and piano

Alpsegen - Choral and Waltz - Choral and New Year's Song - Choral, Scottish and Choral.

Duration: 7' 00"

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variationen für viktor, fiori per luigi (2003)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello and double-bass

Including the fourth movement of the septet op. 20 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Duration: 18' 00"

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Air tendre (2003)
Small suite

Instrumentation: for soprano, transverse flute, tenor gamba and harpsichord

Texts: Montéclair

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Alphée et Aréthuse (2003)

Instrumentation: for soprano and tenor gamba

Texts: Anonymus

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Chaconne (2003)
After Johann Joachim Quantz

Instrumentation: for speaker, transverse flute, tenor gamba and harpsichord

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
martersongs (book of crimes 3) (2003-2004)

Instrumentation: for oboe solo

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Theatermusik zu "Die Töchter von Taubenhain" von Peter Stamm (theatre music to "Die Töchter von Taubenhain" by Peter Stamm) (2004)
7 Lieder

Instrumentation: for alto and piano

Texts: Joseph von Eichendorff, Gottfried August Bürger, Clemens Brentano, Johan Olof wallin

Auf meines Kindes Tod (Eichendorff)
Des Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhain (Bürger)
Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)
Jäger und Jägerin (Eichendorff)
Muttertändelei (Bürger)
Wenn der Sturm das Meer umschlinget (Brentano)
Wo ist der Freund (Wallin)

Duration: 18' 00"
Manuscript
Turnaround (2005)

Instrumentation: for wind and string quintet (fl.ob.cl.bn/hn/2.1.1.1)

Evening News - Summertime - Today Special - Meteo - Sonntag 03.17 Uhr MEZ - Breaking News.

Duration: 12' 00"

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ECO (2005)
In reference to the nocturne K 286 by Mozart

Instrumentation: for orchestra (4 string groups and 8 horns)

Duration: 5' 00"

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Kubla Khan's Love Song (2005-2006)

Instrumentation: for piccolo and soprano saxophone

Duration: 4' 00"

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nel blu (2006)
13 marches for decimated plucked-instrument orchestra

Instrumentation: for mandolin, guitar and harp

Duration: 7' 00"

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Rigaudon (2006)

Instrumentation: for asx, piano, violin and violoncello

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
RIT (2007)

Instrumentation: for horn in F, violin and piano

Duration: 9' 00"

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(Parts included)
Eine Bühne (2007)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Texts: Otto Erich Hartleben

Duration: 2' 00"
Manuscript
Pierrot Marié (2007)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Texts: Otto Erich Hartleben

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
VIT (Very important things) (2007)

Instrumentation: for alto saxophone and piano

Duration: 7' 00"

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Xanadu (2007-2008)

Instrumentation: for alto saxophone and piano

Duration: 9' 00"

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(Sax part included)
Lulu in a Box (2008-2009)

Instrumentation: for alto sax, piano and tape (speaker/piano)

Texts: Frank wedekind

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
The Slant Song (2008)

Instrumentation: for alto saxophone and piano

Duration: 8' 00"

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Ter (2009)
Didactical piece

Instrumentation: for alto sax and piano

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
Cluster-Variationen (2009)

Instrumentation: for alto sax and piano

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Ros (2010)

Instrumentation: for 10 instruments (ob.tpt/pf/4vn.va.vc.db)

Duration: 12' 00"-13' 00"
Manuscript
Kommentar 1 (2011)

Instrumentation: for violoncello and accompanying instrument

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Tanzlied (2012)

Instrumentation: for bass flute, clarinet, viola, violoncello and piano

Using a canzone by Melchior Franck (ca. 1580-1639).

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Fish and Chips (2013)

Instrumentation: for piccolo and clarinet

Duration: 6' 00"

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Oton (2013)

Instrumentation: for chamber orchestra (1.1.0.0/1.1.0.0/4.4.2.2.1)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
7 Stücke für den 16. April 2017 (2017)

Instrumentation: piano

sieben kurze pädagogische Stücke für junge Anfängerinnen und Anfänger.


Duration: 4' 00"

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Riss (2019)

Instrumentation: Zwei Celli

Zehn kurze Studien über das Reißen als Klangproduktion auf dem Streichinstrument

Duration: 5' 00"

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Repertory
Gary Berger: Kryptogramm for bass-/soprano saxophone and live electronic
Gary Berger: mâts for baritone saxophone and live electronic
Gary Berger: mâts III for baritone saxophone, video projection and live electronics
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIIb für Sopransaxophon
Patrick N. Frank: Für die Situation for alto sax, violoncello and percussion
Patrick N. Frank: Für den Raum for baritone sax/tubax, violoncello, percussion, gamma synthesizer, space, lighting
Patrick N. Frank: Für Nichts for baritone sax/tubax, violoncello, percussion, gamma synthesizer, live electronics, black box, lighting
Patrick N. Frank: SEIN/NICHTS for sax, vc, perc, gamma synthesizer, live electronics, black box, light
Gérard Grisey: Anoubis Nout für Basssaxophon
Volker Heyn: Buon natale fratello Fritz für Sopran-/Tenorsaxophon
Roger Redgate: Graffiti für Sopransaxophon
Giacinto Scelsi: Tre Pezzi für Sopransaxophon
Discography
Oscar Bianchi (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 138, 2013)
Interpreters:
Gubler, Rico
Scheidegger, Mats
Works:
Bianchi, Oscar: Primordia rerum (2003)
Bianchi, Oscar: Crepuscolo (2003-2004)
Bianchi, Oscar: Zaffiro (2005)
Bianchi, Oscar: Matra (2006-2007)
Bianchi, Oscar: Anahata Concerto (2008)
Bianchi, Oscar: Gr... (2010)
Bianchi, Oscar: Thanks to my Eyes (2010-2011)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
5 octuors du XXème siècle (Saphir Nr. LVC 1072, 2008)
Works:
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Lumières (1998)
Gubler, Rico: FAL (1999)
With more works of: Iannis Xenakis, Roger Tessier, Jean-Ives Bosseur
Aequatuor (Musiques Suisses Nr. 102, 2006)
Interpreters:
Aequatuor
Works:
Holliger, Heinz: Schwarzgewobene Trauer (1961-1962/1966)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Canticum II (1981)
Marti, Valentin: Fernruf J 12 (2001)
Gubler, Rico: KAL (2001)
With more works of: Caspar Johannes Walter, Robert Schumann, Nicolas A. Huber
ARTE Quartett (Grammont Porträt Nr. MGB CTS-M 95, 2005)
Interpreters:
ARTE Quartett
Works:
Vassena, Nadir: 31 anatomie notturne (1998)
Gubler, Rico: Loud-Speakers (Easy listening version) (1999/2005)
Berger, Gary: bitmap (2001)
Meier, Hans-Jürg: nodo (2002-2004)
Stauder, Andréas: Figures blocs chemins (2003)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Celloduo Frank / Schucan (Grammont Porträt Nr. 91, 2004)
Works:
Gubler, Rico: Roundabout - Zu Offenbachs op. 34 (2001-2002)
Baumann, Felix: anhaltend (2001-2002)
With more works of: Jacques Offenbach
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Rico Gubler: Vier Suiten für Viktor (Viktorart Nr. 001, 2000)
Works:
Gubler, Rico: 1. Suite für Viktor (2000)
Gubler, Rico: 2. Suite für Viktor (2000)
Gubler, Rico: 3. Suite für Viktor (2000)
Gubler, Rico: 4. Suite für Viktor (2000)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Bibliography
Gubler, Rico (et al.): Wann ist ein Stück Musik zu Ende? Zwei Antworten von Felix Baumann und Rico Gubler, in: Dissonanz 78 (2002) [Internet]
Baumann, Felix (et al.): Wann ist ein Stück Musik zu Ende? Zwei Antworten von Felix Baumann und Rico Gubler, in: Dissonanz 78 (2002) [Internet]
Ensembles


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