Cyrill Schurch is from Lucerne, Switzerland. He received his Bachelor
and Master degrees in piano performance and composition from the
Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. After a year of
postgraduate studies with David Del Tredici at the CUNY Graduate
Center in New York City in 2002, he has obained his PhD at King's
College London in 2008. Cyrill teaches composition, theory and piano
in Zug, Switzerland.
He has been studying piano with John Perry, Konstantin Scherbakov,
Nancy Weems, and Colin Stone. His composition teachers have included
Robert Nelson, George Tsontakis, Sidney Hodkinson, David Del Tredici,
and Robert Keeley.
Cyrill is active as a pianist and composer, as well as an accompanist.
He has collaborated with numerous ensembles, premiered many new
pieces, and has given solo recitals in Europe and overseas. His music
is frequently performed and has received numerous awards, most
recently from the UBS cultural foundation. A selection of his
compositions are published by EMR Editions in Switzerland.
Work list
Hors-d'oeuvre (1996)
Instrumentation: for tuba and piano
Duration: 5' 00"
Editions Marc Reift
Case postale 308 CH-3963 Crans-Montana
Suite (1996)
Instrumentation: for piano
Duration: 12' 00" Manuscript
Scherzo (1997)
Instrumentation: for brass wind quintet (hn.2tpt.tbn.tba)
Duration: 6' 00"
Editions Marc Reift
Case postale 308 CH-3963 Crans-Montana
Sonate (1997)
Instrumentation: for tuba and piano
Duration: 17' 00"
Editions Marc Reift
Case postale 308 CH-3963 Crans-Montana
Trio (1998)
Instrumentation: for violin, cello and piano
Duration: 22' 00" Manuscript
Messe (1998)
Instrumentation: for mixed choir, soloists (SATB), organ and brass wind quintet (2tpt.hn.tbn/db)
Duration: 35' 00" Manuscript
Three Seasons (1999)
Instrumentation: for baritone and piano
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler
1. Herbst (Rainer Maria Rilke)2. Ein Winterabend (Georg Trakl)3. Frühling (Else Lasker-Schüler)
Duration: 12' 00" Manuscript
Sonate (2000)
Instrumentation: for flute and piano
Duration: 14' 00" Manuscript
Drei Stücke nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (2000)
Instrumentation: for mixed a-cappella choir
Texts: Georg Trakl
Rondel - Sonniger Nachmittag - Im Park.
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Zwei Stücke (2000)
Instrumentation: for female choir and piano
Texts: Dylan Thomas
Based on two poems by Dylan Thomas. A version for mixed choir is also available.
Duration: 6' 00" Manuscript
Yoga (2001)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, horn, piano, percussion, violin and cello
Duration: 6' 00" Manuscript
Fünf Stücke (2002)
Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, violin, cello and two (acoustic) guitars
Duration: 10' 00" Manuscript
Fantasie (2003)
Instrumentation: for piano and chamber orchestra
Duration: 11' 00" Manuscript
Ceilings (2003)
Instrumentation: for tuba and tape
Duration: 5' 00" Manuscript
Loop (2004)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Trio (2004)
Instrumentation: for clarinet, cello and piano
Duration: 15' 00" Manuscript
Sonate (2005)
Instrumentation: for trumpet and organ
Duration: 10' 00" Manuscript
Stufen (2005)
Instrumentation: for choir and chamber orchestra (2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bn, 2hn, db)
Duration: 7' 00" Manuscript
Tryptich (2006)
Instrumentation: for orchestra
Duration: 14' 00" Manuscript
Minus One (2007)
Instrumentation: for clarinet and cello
Duration: 12' 00" Manuscript
Etüden (2008)
Instrumentation: for piano
Duration: 20' 00" Manuscript
Plasticity (2009)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Duration: 8' 00" Manuscript
Klangspaziergang (2010)
Instrumentation: for wind instruments (ad lib.)
Duration: 60' 00" Manuscript
Konzert (concert) (2011)
Instrumentation: for saxophone and string orchestra
Duration: 18' 00" Manuscript
Turbulence (2012)
Instrumentation: for 8 flutes
Duration: 6' 00" Manuscript
Ballet hypothétique (2013)
Instrumentation: for any number of pianos
Duration: 26' 00" Manuscript
Discography
David Leclair (Grammont Porträt Nr. 104, 2007)
Works:
Schürch, Cyrill: Hors-d'oeuvre (1996) With more works of: David LeClair, Eddy Debons, Daniel Schnyder, Paul Hindemith