Gaudenz Badrutt (electronics & computer) began his career as a pianist in the field of contemporary classic music and spent the past 15 years as an electronics musician in the field of improvised, experimental music.
- Diploma in piano from the Hochschule für Musik&Theater Bern/Biel
- Diploma in teaching under the tutelage of Gertrud Schneider
- Concert diploma with distinction under the tutelage of Pierre Sublet
He is best known in current times as an improvising electronics musician using computers (sampling) and various other electronic apparatus. Filigree, minimal noises, drones and dense structures are key characteristics of his music. Central to Badrutt's activities are the working-band duo strøm with Christian Müller (electronics), the duo with Hans Koch (bass clarinet) and the duo with Jonas Kocher (accordion). He is further occupied in the fields of electronic composition and sound & video installation.
Gaudenz Badrutt has collaborated with Bertrand Gauguet, Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorfeld, Norbert Möslang, Dieb13, Diatribes, Arno Camenisch et al. with concerts at home and abroad, including: the Festival Terrains Basel 2011, Zwei Tage Zeit Zürich 2012, Influx Toulouse 2011, Transmediale Berlin 2009, Zoom in Bern 2008, Norberg Festival (Sweden) 2006, Taktlos/Tonart Bern 2006.
Gaudenz Badrutt lives as a freelance musician in Biel.
Work list
Allerheiligen (2006)
Electroacoustic improvisation
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet, sax, piano, synthesizer, electronics
Duration: 52' 00" Manuscript
magma (2007)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet, synthesizer, electronics
Duration: 60' 00" Manuscript
Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht (2007)
Theatre music
Instrumentation: for electronics
Duration: 1h 45' 00" Manuscript
Fräulein Julie (2008)
Theatre music
Instrumentation: for electronics
Duration: 24' 00" Manuscript
toccata (2008)
Instrumentation: for contrabass clarinet, synthesizer, electronics and saw
Duration: 17' 00" Manuscript
Prime Composition No. 1 (2011)
Instrumentation: for computer and analogue synthesizer
Duration: 28' 00" Manuscript
Prime Composition No. 2 (2011)
Instrumentation: for computer
Duration: 23' 00" Manuscript
Pay as you earn (2011)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet, percussion and electronics
Duration: 30' 00" Manuscript
Elf (2012)
Instrumentation: for synthesizer and electronics
[2012] 7', Ms.
Duration: 7' 00" Manuscript
Pied nu (2012)
Instrumentation: for synthesizer and electronics
Duration: 7' 00" Manuscript
07:14 (2012)
Instrumentation: for contrabass clarinet, synthesizer and electronics
Duration: 7' 00" Manuscript
08:44 (2012)
Instrumentation: for synthesizer and electronics
[2012] 9', Ms.
Duration: 9' 00" Manuscript
08:49 (2012)
Instrumentation: for contrabass clarinet, synthesizer and electronics