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Zinsstag Gérard

(09. 05. 1941)

Zinsstag Gérard
Zinsstag Gérard
Seefeldstr. 191
CH-8008 Zürich (ZH)
Schweiz

Tel: +41 (0)44 382 24 76

www.gerardzinsstag.com/

 

Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers, Authors
Biography
* 09. 05. 1941.

Gérard Zinsstag spent his childhood and teenage years in Geneva. He attended the Calvin College and was educated in the flute at Geneva Conservatory. He attempted composing independently and began, in 1961 until 1963, a postgraduate study at the 'Conservatoire National Supérieur' and the 'Academia Musicale Chigiana' in Sienna. From 1964 until 1967 he toured the length and breadth of Europe as an orchestra musician. From 1967 until 1975 he was engaged by the 'Tonhalle Orchester' in Zurich, and from 1973 until 1975 he studied composition under Hans U. Lehmann at Zurich School of Music. From 1975 until 1977 he studied under Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart and Hannover. From 1976 until 1978 he participated in the Darmstadt summer course. In 1979 he travelled to San Francisco and New York and visited seminars at Berkeley University. From 1981 until 1982 he visited Berlin under the German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD) and in 1982 he received an internship at the Institute of Research and Coordination in Acoustics (IRCAM) in Paris. In 1986 he founded the festival 'Tage für Neue Musik', Zurich. In 1989 he travelled through Russia. In 1986 he was guest of honour at the 'Printemps du Leningrad'. In 1991 he received a sabbatical year from the city of Zurich. From1992 until 1999 he attended seminars and conferences in Bamberg, Moscow, Paris (CNSM, CSM 18ième, IRCAM und Sorbonne), Salzburg, Taipei, Zurich etc. He was also a member of the jury for the compositions prize in Arezzo, Paris, Parma, Taipei and Triest.

Work list

Pentaphonie (1973)

Instrumentation: for wind quintet

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Déliements (1975)

Instrumentation: for dismantled flute and organ

Duration: 12' 00"
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Wenn zum beispiel... (1975)

Instrumentation: for four speakers and five instrumentalists (piano, trombone, two percussion and double-bass)

Texts: Franz Mon

Based on a poem by Franz Mon.

Duration: 16' 00"
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Tatastenfelder (1975)
Intrumental theatre

Instrumentation: for three typewriters, piano, electronic tape and scenery

Duration: 12' 00"
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Suono reale (1976)

Instrumentation: for muted piano

Duration: 12' 00"
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Alternances (1976)

Instrumentation: for large string orchestra and four percussionists

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Hülsen... oder die irrfahrt des Kerns (1977)

Instrumentation: for four voices, string sextet, two electronic tapes and speaking choir

Duration: 30' 00"
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Points fluides (1977)

Instrumentation: for harp, guitar and organ

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
Innanzi (1978)

Instrumentation: for double-bass and orchestra (0.0.0.0/0.3.3.2/5perc/egtr/14.14.10.8.7)

Duration: 23' 00"
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Foris (1979)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (4.4.0.0/6.4.4.1/3perc/2pf/14.14.12.10.8)

Duration: 18' 00"
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Perforation (1980)

Instrumentation: for eight instruments (egtr/2pf/3perc/2vc)

Duration: 21' 00"
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Altération (1980)

Instrumentation: for chamber orchestra (2.1.2.0-1.1.1.0/2perc/pf/str)

Duration: 21' 00"
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Trauma (1980-1981)

Instrumentation: for a-cappella choir (12x16 part)

Duration: 18' 00"
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Incalzando (1981)

Instrumentation: for two pianos

Duration: 23' 00"
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Sept fragments ou Cinq fragments (1982-1983)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Five fragments: Numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 from Seven fragments.

Duration: 23' 00"-32' 00"
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Artifices (1982-1983)

Instrumentation: for eighteen instruments (2.2.2.0/3perc/pf.syn/2egtr/1.1.1.1.1), two electronic tapes and an electro-acoustic device

Duration: 20' 00"
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Stimuli (1984)

Instrumentation: for three strings (viola, violoncello and double-bass)

Duration: 18' 00"
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Cut sounds (1984/1991)

Instrumentation: for organ

Duration: 15' 00"
Editions Salabert
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Tempi inquieti (1984-1986)

Instrumentation: for piano, two percussionists and orchestra (4.4.4.4/4.4.4.1/4perc/hp/cel.egtr/12.12.10.10.8)

Duration: 25' 00"
Editions Salabert
22, rue Chauchat
F-75009 Paris
Eden jeden (1987)

Instrumentation: for one voice (MzSAorBar) electronic tape and fourteen instruments (2.0.2.0/1.1.1.0/pf.cel/egtr/2perc/2violoncelli)

Texts: Claus Bremer

Based on a poem by Claus Bremer.

Duration: 20' 00"
Editions Salabert
22, rue Chauchat
F-75009 Paris
Artifices II (1988)

Instrumentation: for 2 electronic tapes, electro-acoustic device and ten instruments (2fl.2cl/2perc/2egtr/2syn)

Duration: 16' 00"
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Anaphores (1989)
Fantasy

Instrumentation: for piano and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/pf.hp/mar/4.4.3.3.2)

Duration: 16' 00"
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Anaphores (1989/2011)
Fantasy

Instrumentation: for piano and chamber ensemble (1(pic).1.1(bcl).1/1.1.1(tba).0/2perc/hp/1.1.1.1.1)

A little hommage to Balakirev.

Duration: 17' 00"
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Espressivo (1989-1990)

Instrumentation: for cymbalum and thirteen instrumentalists (1.1(ca).1(bcl).1/1.0.0.0/hp/syn(or sampler)/2.0.2.2.0)

Duration: 15' 00"
Editions Salabert
22, rue Chauchat
F-75009 Paris
Altération (fragment) (1991)

Instrumentation: for chamber orchestra (2.1.2.0/1.1.1.0/2perc/pf/str)

Duration: 10' 00"
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Tempor (1991-1992)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, piano and string trio

Duration: 15' 00"
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Diffractions (1993)

Instrumentation: for percussion trio

Duration: 12' 00"
Editions Salabert
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F-75009 Paris
...u vremenu rata... (1994)

Instrumentation: for percussion solo

Duration: 10' 00"
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2e quatuor à cordes (1994-1995)

Duration: 18' 00"
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Tahir (1995)
Fantasy

Instrumentation: for alto solo, string orchestra and small percussion

Duration: 13' 00"
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Ergo (1996)
Two movements

Instrumentation: for piano, small wind ensemble (1.1.2.0/1.2.1.0) and two percussion

Duration: 14' 00"
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Hommage à Charles Racine (1997)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (fl.cl/hn/2perc/hp/vn.va.vc)

Texts: Charles Racine

Based on the poems of Charles Racine.

Duration: 21' 00"
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Trois études (1998)

Instrumentation: for bass marimba

Duration: 12' 00"
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Ubu Cocu (1998-2000)
Opera in one act based on the work ‘homonyme’ by Alfred Jarry

Instrumentation: eleven roles and orchestra (3.2.3.2/3.3.2.1/3perc/cel/str)

Texts: Peter Schweiger, Gérard Zinsstag

Libretto: P. Schweiger and G. Zinsstag.

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Passage (2000-2001)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (3.3.4.3/4.3.3.2/3perc/hp/egtr/syn/12.10.10.8)

In memory of Gérard Grisey.

Duration: 18' 00"
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Kinêsis (2002)

Instrumentation: for oboe and piano

Duration: 7' 00"-8' 00"
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Third string quartet (2002-2003)

Duration: 23' 00"
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Empreintes (2003)

Instrumentation: for voice (mezzo-soprano) and orchestra

Duration: 20' 00"
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Ubuphonie (2003-2004)

Instrumentation: for three voices and orchestra (3.2.3.2/3.3.2.1/3perc/cel/str)

Texts: Peter Schweiger, Gérard Zinsstag

A suite taken from the opera 'Ubu Cocu'.

Duration: 25' 00"
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Quatre mouvements (2004-2005)

Instrumentation: for mixed ensemble (15 musicians)

Duration: 20' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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Rémanences (2004-2006)

Instrumentation: for voice, five instruments, three percussion instruments and electro-acoustic apparatus

Duration: 21' 00"
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Gilgamesh (2004-2007)

Instrumentation: for speaker, instrumental ensemble, dance and video

Duration: 90' 00"
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Mozaic (2008)

Instrumentation: for violoncello and piano

Duration: 7' 00"-8' 00"
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Cinq petites études sur les résonances (2008)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 8' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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BING (2009)

Instrumentation: for voice and ensemble

Texts: Samuel Beckett

Duration: 16' 00"
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Réitération (2010)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 12' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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Lasciar vibrar (2010)

Instrumentation: for ensemble

Duration: 20' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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Eskatos (2012)

Instrumentation: for vocal ensemble SATB (min. 3.3.3.3), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and 2 percussionists

Texts: Apokalypse nach Johannes, Gérard Zinsstag

Duration: 25' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
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Seul, l'echo (2012)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano or alto and small ensemble (fl(bfl).cl(bcl)/2perc/pf.hp/vc)

Texts: Joël-Claude Meffre

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Tre scherzi (2012)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 6' 00"
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Katharia Lips (2014)
Fragment pour double choeur a cappella

Instrumentation: Doppelchor (SSAATTBB / SSAATTBB)

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Tahir (pour alto et percussion) (2014)
version pour alto et percussion

Instrumentation: alto et percussion

Texts: VIctor de Paris, Josquin, Heissenbüttel

Duration: 10' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Ricercari (2014)
pour bayan et ensemble

Instrumentation: ensemble mixte

Duration: 15' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Rilke-Lieder (2015)
pour mezzo soprano et ensemble

Instrumentation: petit ensemble (8 musiciens)

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Musique de chambre
(Sy. 4747)

Duration: 20' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Partita (2015-2016)
pour octuor à vent

Instrumentation: fl, hb, 2 clar. 2 basn & 2 cors

Musique de chambre
(Sy. 4743)

Duration: 20' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Masques (2015-2016)
pour piano et orchestre

Instrumentation: piano solo, orchestre d'harmonie, 4 perc. et 3 ctb

Piano et orchestre
(Sy. 4745)

Duration: 25' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Discolorato (2016)
pour mezzo et petit ensemble

Instrumentation: fl. clar. vl. alto vcl. hp et perc.

Texts: Pétrarque

Musique de chambre
(Sy. 4757)

Duration: 12' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Incantation (2017)
pour flûte seule

Instrumentation: Flûte

Texts: Charles Racine (4 citations)

Musique de chambre
(Sy. 4789)

Duration: 6' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Klavierquartett (2017)

Instrumentation: piano, vl, alto et vcl

Musique de chambre
(Sy. 4851)

Duration: 20' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
S'un casto amor (2018)
Madrigal pour cinq voix a cappella

Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo, alt, ténor, basse

Texts: Michel-Ange et Vittoria Colonna

Musique vocale

Duration: 10' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Vier Affekte (2018)

Instrumentation: fl. clar. lupophone, hp, pno, vl et vcl

Texts: Carl Spitteler

Kammermusik
(Sy. 4942)

Duration: 20' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Camerata (2018)
11 mozaïques

Instrumentation: pour violoncelle, marimba basse et 11 cordes

Musique pour ensemble
(Sy. 4947)

Duration: 15' 00"
Edizioni Ricordi
Milano
Discography
Mircea Ardeleanu (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 121, 2009)
Interpreters:
Ardeleanu, Mircea
Works:
Zinsstag, Gérard: ...u vremenu rata... (1994)
Neidhöfer, Christoph: AU (1997)
Roth, Michel: Trois têtes (2007)
With more works of: Horatiu Radulescu, Gianluca Ulivelli
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Festival l'art pour l'Aar. November 2003 (Müller &Schade Nr. 5042/2, 2006)
Interpreters:
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen
Monot, Pierre-Alain
Works:
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Streichquartett (1964)
Marti, Heinz: Passages (1970)
Zinsstag, Gérard: Sept fragments ou Cinq fragments (1982-1983)
Gut, Ursula: Aquamarin (1992)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Ecumes (1996)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Shadows (1998-1999)
Keller, Max E.: insieme, a coppie, indipendente (2000)
Roth, Michel: Patera (2003)
With more works of: Hans Eugen Frischknecht, Jürg Wyttenbach, Jost Meier, Katrin Frauchiger, Daniel Andres, Alfred Schweizer
Gérard Zinsstag (Grammont Porträt Nr. 36-2, 1990)
Works:
Zinsstag, Gérard: Wenn zum beispiel... (1975)
Zinsstag, Gérard: Innanzi (1978)
Zinsstag, Gérard: Foris (1979)
Zinsstag, Gérard: Trauma (1980-1981)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch


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