Death of the Bernese composer Arthur Furer
According to local press reports, the composer and music teacher Arthur Furer has died in Bern at the age of 89.
Born in Worb, Furer studied violin, school singing and choral conducting at the Bern Conservatory. Studies at the University of Bern completed his education.
He was principal violist in the Bern Chamber Orchestra and violinist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra as well as in the chamber ensemble of Radio Bern. According to Musinfo, Furer was responsible for the musical education of pupils at the Marzili Municipal Seminary in Bern from 1952 to 1988.
Furer received a Swiss Pro-Arte Foundation Prize in 1966 and the Grand Music Prize of the Canton of Berne in 1984.
