New biography and events to mark Klaus Huber's centenary
Klaus Huber would have been 100 years old on November 30. Anniversary concerts are being held at home and abroad around this date. Corinne Holtz has published a new biography.
Bern-born Klaus Huber (1924-2017) is one of the outstanding composers of the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Numerous events are being organized in Switzerland and abroad to mark his birthday on 30 November. A detailed agenda is available on the website klaushuber.ch to find. A few events in Switzerland should be mentioned at this point.
Exhibition
In the library of the Academy of Music, the exhibition On the threshold of sound - the composer Klaus Huber (1924-2017). Exhibition on the occasion of his 100th birthday to Klaus Huber as composition teacher (1963 to 1972) and visiting professor at the Hochschule für Musik Basel. Further information: musik-akademie.ch/library
October 24 to December 14, 2024, Location: Vera Oeri Library, Leonhardsstr. 6, 4051 Basel
Book
Corinne Holtz evaluates in World in the work. Klaus Huber. A biography The book presents previously unknown material from archives and portrays the composer and his companions "in the light of the 20th century" (Schwabe publishing house). A review of the volume will follow later in the Swiss Music Newspaper.
Flyer
Important data on Klaus Huber's life and work can be found on the Flyer of the Ricordi publishing house summarized.
Concerts
October 27, 2024
Concert reading From the inside on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Klaus Huber's birth. With works by Klaus Huber and his student Cergio Prudencio. As a lecturer and composer, Klaus Huber helped shape the beginnings of the Rümlingen New Music Festival and was a mentor to numerous composers of a new generation.
Reading by Maria Magdalena Moser: "Our strength carries us forward, women in Bolivia tell us"
October 27, 2024, 5 p.m., Rümlingen Church
November 15, 2024
Homage concert: Chamber music by Klaus Huber and his former students
November 15, 2024, 7.30 pm, New Hall, Basel University of Music FHNW
November 29 and 30, 2024
Heinz Holliger and Raphael Immoos conduct the Basel Madrigalists and the Collegium Novum Zurich in Klaus Hubers Cantiones de Circulo gyrante In this rarely performed work for soloists, choir and instrumentalists, Huber creates a wildly flaming statement against destruction and annihilation based on selected texts by Hildegard von Bingen and Heinrich Böll, according to the Basel Madrigalists. This colorful and multi-layered spatial composition, in which the various vocal and instrumental groups are positioned throughout the room, seems to envelop the audience like a cloak. The Cantiones are complemented by works by Kaija Saariaho and Younghi Pagh-Paan, both of whom studied with Huber.
November 29, 2024, 7.30 p.m., Don Bosco, Basel
November 30, 2024, 7:30 p.m., Grossmünster, Zurich
Concert introduction 6.45 pm: Andri Hardmeier in conversation with Silke Leopold and Joachim Steinheuer
December 12, 2024
Finissage concert with music by Klaus Huber and Wolfgang Rihm, performed by students of the Basel University of Music
December 12, 2024, 6 p.m., Vera Oeri Library
