Alfred Zimmerlin

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Alfred Zimmerlin was born 1955. He studied musicology and ethnomusicology at Zurich University under the tutelage of Kurt von Fischer und Wolfgang Laade, music theory under the tutelage of Peter Benary, and composition under the tutelage of Hans Wüthrich and Hans Ulrich Lehmann. He has taken an active part in the “Werkstatt für improvisierte Musik” (WIM, Workshop for Improvised Music) Zurich since 1980. Alfred Zimmerlin’s ample oeuvre comprises pieces for piano, chamber music (with and without live-electronics), vocal music, orchestral music, music for theatre, and works for radio and film. The most important are: “Gezeiten der Zeit” (for string orchestra), "Cueillis par la mémoire des voûtes" (saxophone quartet and string orchestra), “Euridice singt“ ( a chamber opera), three string quartets, “Neidhardlieder” (for soprano and four Renaissance recorders), the “Cembalo-Buch”, "In Bewegung (Nature Morte au Rideau)" (for piano, string orchestra and soundtrack), "Weisse Bewegung“ (for violoncello , piano, and percussion), Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, or "Zerstreut in Arbeit mit Wörtern“ (for soprano, piano, and soundtrack). As an improvising musician and cellist, Alfred Zimmerlin has taken part in various formations in Europe and the US. From 1983 to 2009 he has been active member of KARL ein KARL, improvising and composing in cooperation with Peter K Frey and Michel Seigner, the distinctive feature of this trio being the fact that all compositional decisions are bei

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Euridice

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Zimmerlin: Streichquartette / Euridice singt

Euridice - Chamber Music

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Zimmerlin: String Quartets / Euridice singt

Arditti Quartet Plays Works by Nunes, Zimmerlin, Feldman & Lachenmann

Swiss Piano Project

Grammont sélection 7

Alfred Zimmerlin

Commedia für eine Opernsängerin: Mehr als elf

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The Music Of Katharina Weber, Jack Callahan, Alex Goretzki & Alfred Zimmerlin

Grammont Sélection 1: Portrait - Uraufführungen aus dem Jahr 2007

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Zimmerlin: Euridice

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