Felder Alfred (02. 09. 1950)
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Felder Alfred
Weinbergstr. 74
CH-8408 Winterthur
Schweiz
Tel. +41 (0)52 222 84 46
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Internet: www.alfredfelder.ch/
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Biography
Alfred Felder was born in Lucerne and studied violoncello and composition at Lucerne Conservatory. After receiving his teacher's diploma with distinction for violoncello he went on to gain his soloists diploma from the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He was the solo cellist of various chamber orchestras; from 1977 until 1983 he was a member of the Festival Strings Lucerne. Alfred Felder has appeared in concerts as a soloist and chamber musician in most countries including Canada, India, China and Japan.
As a composer he has received numerous commissions for works from, for example, the city of Zurich, the Tonhalle Society Zurich, the Festival Strings Lucerne, the Zurich Chamber Soloists, the Swiss Philharmonic and the Forum for New Music to name but a few. His orchestral works have been performed at various festivals including in Tokyo at the Osaka Festival, in South Africa, in New York, in Russia and at the IMF Lucerne.
Alfred Felder collaborated intensively with Martin Spühler of Ricketwil who developed various sounding objects from metal, wood and concrete. With these sounding objects he performed improvised and notated music for violoncello and sounding globes (3 players) in diverse concerts including at the 'Klangtage Rotes Ohr' in Augsburg.
The compulsory pieces for the International Shlomo Mintz Violin competition were by A. Felder (Capriccio and Variations for Violin solo).
Three CDs of his work have been published by VdE Gallo and two CDs by roccosound. Alfred Felder's works are published by the Swiss Music Edition SME, Lucerne. All his manuscripts have been donated to Zurich's central library.
He lives with his family in Winterthur.
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