According to reports from the NZZ and the Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein, the Swiss guitarist and composer Martin Wehrli has died after a long illness. Wehrli was a student of Hans-Ulrich Lehmann and Helmut Lachenmann and preferred to write chamber music.
Born in 1957, Wehrli was active as a guitarist in various jazz rock formations from 1974 onwards. His first compositional works also date from this time.
From 1978 to 1981, Wehrli studied guitar with Walter Feybli at the Zurich Music Academy, followed by composition studies with Hans Ulrich Lehmann in Zurich and Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart. From 1986 to 1991 he was active in the Koprod studio and production group in Zurich.
The farewell ceremony will take place on Tuesday, July 23, at 4 p.m. in the Predigerkirche in Zurich.
