Composer
Heinz Holliger
Swiss oboist, composer and conductor
1939–2002
12 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1939
- Died
- 2002
- Birthplace
- Langenthal
- Citizenship / historical state
- Switzerland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss composer, oboist, conductor and pianist. Known for his versatility and virtuosic technique, Grove Music Online credits him with raising the prominence of the oboe and enlarging its repertoire. A prominent figure in contemporary classical music, many leading composers have written for him, including Messiaen, Berio, Carter, Henze, Krenek, Lutosławski, Martin, Penderecki, Stockhausen and Yun.
A composer himself, Holliger has contributed his own oboe compositions, alongside works such as the opera Schneewittchen (1998).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; composer; oboist; musicologist; university teacher; classical oboist
- Education
- City of Basel Music Academy
- Teachers
- Pierre Boulez; Sándor Veress; Pierre Pierlot; Yvonne Lefébure
- Career institutions / employers
- Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
- Recorded memberships
- Academy of Arts, Berlin; American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Instruments played
- oboe; cor anglais; oboe d'amore
- Notable works
- Partita; Gesänge der Frühe; Schneewittchen
- Awards
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize; Ernst von Siemens Music Prize; Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Frankfurter Musikpreis; Pour le Mérite; Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
- Native languages
- German
- Languages used
- German
- VIAF ID
- 111708400
- ISNI
- 0000000110328710
- GND ID
- 118553097
- Library of Congress ID
- n80125200
- MusicBrainz ID
- cd5a15f3-8937-49da-9719-d3790136802c
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- A Cappella
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ode an Kleitos | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| E Gschicht | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Ohne arumb | See work details |
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| Ein Wurm beschamet unss | See work details |
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| Zufall und Wesen | See work details |
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| Man weiss nicht was man ist | See work details |
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| GOtt ergreifft man nicht | See work details |
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| Die Augen der Seele | See work details |
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| Nichts leuchtet ohne die Sonne | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Der Geistliche Krebsgang | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Ein jedes in dem seinigen | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Jn der Ewigkeit geschicht alles zugleiche | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 111708400. Portrait: OboeCrack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.