Rudolf Kelterborn
The composer, conductor and publicist Rudolf Kelterborn was editor-in-chief of the former "Schweizerische Musikzeitung" from 1969 to 1975.
Rudolf Kelterborn, born in Basel in 1931, was one of the most influential composers, teachers and music publicists of our time, according to a laudatory speech by the Federal Office of Culture. He studied in Basel and Salzburg and took part in the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music.
Together with Heinz Holliger and Jürg Wyttenbach, he launched the Basel Music Forum in 1987. He taught at several international music academies and was also active as a publicist. In the 1970s, he headed the music department of Radio DRS (now SRF) alongside the Schweizer Musikzeitung.
According to the national database Musinfo, his compositional oeuvre encompasses all musical genres and has been honored with numerous prizes (including the Composers' Prize of the Swiss Musicians' Association, the Art Prize of the City of Basel, the Bernhard Spengel Prize of German Industry, the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize and the Zurich Radio Prize). Tonkünstlerverein, Kunstpreis der Stadt Basel, Bernhard Sprengel Preis der deutschen Industrie, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Preis, Zürcher Radiopreis). His compositional work has also been recognized in numerous essays.
He passed away in Basel on March 24, 2021 at the age of 89.
Further links
The "Schweizerische Musikzeitung" existed until 1983 and can be found in large libraries, for example via this link in the Swiss National Library.
Some texts from the "Schweizer Musikzeitung" by and with Rudolf Kelterborn, which has been in existence since 1998, for download:
Texts by Rudolf Kelterborn in the Swiss Music Newspaper
Interviews with Rudolf Kelterborn in the Swiss Music Newspaper
You walk through the night
Interview: Lucas Bennett
Schweizer Musikzeitung 11/2013, page 6 ff.
Rudolf Kelterborn in conversation
Interview: Sara Imobersteg
Schweizer Musikzeitung 3/2007, page 15 f.
