Musinfo: Composers

Jaggi Martin

(1978)

Jaggi Martin
Schaffhauserstrasse 119
CH-8057 Zürich (ZH)
Schweiz

Tel: +41 (0)79 512 17 20

www.martinjaggi.ch

Genre: Classical Music

Professional activity: Composers, Interpreters

Biography

* 1978.

Born in Basel, Martin Jaggi has played the violoncello since the age of seven and received early lessons in composition from his father Rudolf Jaggi. He studied composition under Rudolf Kelterborn from 1995 until 1996, before studying violoncello under Reinhard Latzko and composition under Detlev Müller-Siemens (1996 – 2000), graduating with a distinction from the University of Music in Basel. His education continued under Walter Grimmer at Zurich University of the Arts/Music, where he received his concert diploma with distinction in 2002. His studies were supplemented with courses in composition given by Manfred Stahnke at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (2004 - 2006), master classes headed by Claude Starck, Colin Carr and Ivan Chiffoleau (violoncello), and under the tutelage of Marc-André Dalbavie and Helmut Lachenmann (composition).
Martin Jaggi has performed as a soloist with various orchestras and ensembles in many European countries and Paraguay. He is a member of the Ensemble Phoenix Basel and solo cellist of the basel sinfonietta and the Basel Festival Orchester. Jaggi has already enjoyed a certain degree of renown as a composer and his works have been broadcast over the radio on several occasions and performed in various European countries and Canada. He was the subject of a portrait concert (Composer of the Week) during the 'Europäischen Musikmonat' 2001. Jaggi has recieved commissions for compositions from the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the A-Devantgarde Festival Munich, Pro Helvetia, the Ensemble Phoenix Basel, the Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich and the Kammerorchester Basel, the Münchener Kammerorchester and the basel sinfonietta. Martin Jaggi, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, received a sponsorship award from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2007. He is a founding member of the Mondrian Ensemble and lives in Zurich.

Work list

Atakor (1999-2000)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Acheb (2001)

Instrumentation: for string trio

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript

Schebka (2001)

Instrumentation: for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Darkening City (2002-2003)

Instrumentation: for baritone, 2 pianos, 6 percussionists

Texts: Ben Okri

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

wuchernd am schädel (2003)

Instrumentation: for voice and piano

Texts: Ulrike Draesner

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

Jetlag 1 (2003)

Instrumentation: for 8 instruments (soprano/tenor sax, e-guitar, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

intensimarginär (2004)

Instrumentation: for voice and piano

Texts: Ura Allemann

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

Jetlag 2 (2004-2006)

Instrumentation: for 16 instruments (trumpet, soprano/tenor/baritone saxophone, bass/contrabass clarinet, e-guitar, e-bass, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, 2 percussionists, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncelli and double bass)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Megalith (2004)

Instrumentation: for piccolo/flute/bassflute, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Drowned Rap (2005)

Instrumentation: for violoncello, alto zither and live electronics

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

SPAM (2006)

Instrumentation: for (bass) flute, (bass) clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and violoncello

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Trieb (2006-2007)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (2(pic).2.2(bcl).2(cbn)/4.2.0.0/str

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

plod on (2007)

Instrumentation: for piano quartet

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript

Moloch (2008)

Instrumentation: for large orchestra (4.3.3.3/6.3.3.1/3perc/hp/16.14.12.10.8)

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

Nunatak (2008-2009)

Instrumentation: for double bass and 19 strings (6.5.4.3.1)

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

Brekzie (2009)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, violin, alto zither, percussion, trombone and double bass

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Sastruga (2009)

Instrumentation: for 22 strings (6.6.4.4.2)

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

elftöner (2010)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, flute, violoncello, percussion and piano

Texts: Urs Allemann

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

Strom (2010)

Instrumentation: for oboe and piano

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Strata (2010-2011)

Instrumentation: for soprano saxophone, viola, percussion and piano

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Flechte (2011)

Instrumentation: for violin, double bass and percussioinists

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Gharra (2012)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript

bem (2013)

Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello

Manuscript

Repertory

Patrick N. Frank: Non Cogito, ergo sum for violoncello

Patrick N. Frank: Studie I zum Jetzt-Möglichen for bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, double bass

Discography

Grammont Sélection 6 (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 140, 2013)

Interpreters:

Blank, William
Ensemble Contrechamps
Collegium Novum Zürich

Works:

Pelzel, Michael: ... vers le vent... (2010)
Gaudibert, Eric: Gong (2011-2012)
Jaggi, Martin: Gharra (2012)
Skrzypczak, Bettina: ...e subito parlando (2012)
Vassena, Nadir: D'oltremare (2012)
Kessler, Thomas: Flüchtige Gesänge (2012)
Jarrell, Michael: Nachlese V b (2012)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

René Wohlhauser - Grammont-Porträt (Musiques Suisses Nr. MG CTS-M 117, 2009)

Interpreters:

Wohlhauser, René
Jaggi, Martin
Kernjak, Anton
Ebner, Matthias
Wieser, Markus
Dierstein, Christian
Weiss, Marcus
Simolka, Christine
Resin, Tabea
Sugawara, Yukiko
Arditti, Irvine
de Saram, Rohan
Jennings, Greame
Ehlers, Ralf
Cox, Frank
O'Brien, Sarah