Martin Schlumpf


Martin Schlumpf is a Swiss musician, composer, conductor, improviser and academic teacher.
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Career

Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, the piano with and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, and theory and composition with Rudolf Kelterborn. He continued his studies with Boris Blacher in Berlin.
From 1977 to 2011 he was professor of music theory and improvisation at the Departement Musik of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. He served the department as Konventspräsident from 1999 to 2010.

Selected works

  • Trio for flute, viola and harp, 19705 Stücke für grosses Orchester, 1973Tenebrae for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir, five brass players, harpsichord and string quintet, 1976/77Jeux for 3 clarinets, 1979Ostinato II for three improvising musicians and orchestra, 1982"... per la quinta vox..." for viola solo, 1986Winterkreis for saxophone quartet, 1991December Rains for piano, 1992/93Mouvements for piano and orchestra, 1994/99Frühling for percussion quartet, 1995…aufflattern mit dunklen Gesichtern die Fledermäuse…, fall music for four female voices, 1995Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, 1997Rattaplasma 2 for clarinet and computer, 2001Waves, concerto for cello, trumpet, string orchestra and computer, 2002pulsar_1 for flute, clarinet, accordion, drums and computer, 2006/07Sommerkreis for string quartet, 2007pulsar_2 for voice, flute, piano and computer, 2009Streams, concerto for clarinet, bass trombone and 17 instruments, 2010The Five Points for clarinet and string quartet, 2012Spiegelbilder for viola, cello and piano, 2013Triple Suite, triple concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra, 2015

Selected recordings

Swiss Fusion 84 – Live, 1984Noblesse galvanisée, Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1985Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck, 1990Cumuli, Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1992Martin Schlumpf: Vier Jahreszeiten, 1996Conlon Nancarrow – Martin Schlumpf: Die Kunst des Tempokanons, 2004Timegrid_01, Zweizeit, 2008pulsar_1, Martin Schlumpf, 2009Summer Circle, 2012

Selected awards

  • 1972 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
  • 1975 First prize in the composition competition of the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich
  • 1979 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
  • Werkjahre of the Aargauer Kuratorium and Zürich