Born 1953 in Basel, Switzerland, Fritz Hauser has developed his sound language in the most varied of ways. With solo concerts, in numerous small and large formations, in multi-media projects (theatre, dance, film, radio, literature, visual arts, architecture) and with numerous recordings, he has contributed to raising the drum-set from a mere timekeeper to an instrument.
His concert tours have taken him through Europe, Canada the USA, the CIS, Russia, China, the Near East, Australia, and Japan.
Fritz Hauser has brought the work of the most varied of composers to the world's attention in premiere performances of pieces for solo percussion by John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Rob Kloet, Bun Ching Lam, Joey Baron, Stephan Grieder, Pierre Favre, Mani Planzer, Robert Suter, Warren Smith, Franz Koglmann, Art Clay et al.
He has worked on numerous cross-media projects together with director Barbara Frey, architect Boa Baumann and the choreographers Anna Huber, Joachim Schloemer and Heddy Maalem.
In the field of improvisation, he has worked with many musicians including Urs Leimgruber, Joelle Leandre, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, Lauren Newton et al.
Since the Stockholm International Percussion Event in 1988, he collaborates with various percussion soloists and ensembles the world over - Kroumata, Steven Schick, Keiko Abe, Synergy Percussion, Amsterdam Percussion Group, Nexus, Jean Geoffroy, ensembleXII, Speak Percussion included.
Work list
Die Welle (1986)
Instrumentation: for percussion ensemble (ten players)