Felix Profos studied piano in Winterthur under the tuition of Hans-Jürg Strub, composition under Roland Moser in Basel and Vladimir Tarnopolski in Moscow.
Felix Profos has written compositions for orchestra, ensembles, soloists, electronics and video. His work has been performed in many countries in Europe and oversees including at such festivals as the Gaudeamus Amsterdam, Berliner Festspiele, Jeune Musique Marseille, Foro de Musica Nueva Mexico City, the Europäischer Musikmonat Basel and the Swiss Musician's Festival.
In 1999 Felix Profos was awarded the composition's prize of the International Young Composer's Meeting in Apeldoorn / Holland, and was adjudicated a fellowship by the New York Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2003.
In recent years he has produced commissioned compositions for the Mae Ensemble, Steamboat Switzerland Extended Ensemble, The Barton Workshop, De Ereprijs, Blum-Kordzaia, the Hardcore-Noise-Band, Azeotrop the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur and the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The 2006 Donaueschinger Musiktagen saw the world premiere of his piece 'Get out of my Room', commissioned by Steamboat Switzerland. He regularly composes pieces for his wife and pianist Tamriko Kordzaia and soundtracks for the artist Andro Wekua. He has been the programme manager of the Close Encounters Festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) touring further cities in Georgia and Switzerland.
Felix Profos has worked as a lecturer in music theory and new music at the HMT Zurich since 2002.
Work list
Im seltsamen Tal (1995)
Instrumentation: for piano
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Lichtgebiet (1996)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/timp.1perc/pf/str)
Duration: 12' 00" Manuscript
loud melodies & chords (1996)
Instrumentation: for ensemble (pic.cl.2sx/2hn.tpt.tbn/egtr.eb/pf[=kbd]/perc)
Duration: 3' 00" Manuscript
Streichtrio (string trio) (1996)
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Auge (1997)
Instrumentation: for 2 oboes
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
ALP (1997)
Instrumentation: for chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/perc/str)
Duration: 14' 00" Manuscript
Urtchkhulebi (1998)
Instrumentation: for ensemble (pic.cl.2sx/2hn.tpt.tbn/egtr.eb/pf[=kbd]/perc)
Duration: 3' 00" Manuscript
Four Walls (1999)
Instrumentation: for violin, viola, violoncello and piano
Duration: 11' 00" Manuscript
musique pauvre no. 2 (1999)
Instrumentation: for piccolo and harpsichord (keyboard)
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
musique pauvre no. 1 (1999)
Vers la lumière
Instrumentation: for Ondes Martenot and piano
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Kraft und Schönheit 1 (1999)
Instrumentation: for ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/egtr.eb[=kbd]/1.1.1.1.1)
Duration: 9' 00" Manuscript
Kraft und Schönheit 2 (1999)
Instrumentation: for ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/egtr.eb/pf[=kbd]/1.1.1.1.1)
Duration: 7' 00" Manuscript
Afrika! (1999)
Instrumentation: for (Celtic) harp and various instruments of choice