Beat Furrer - String Quartet No. 1 (1985)

Classical Music Discord: Composer: Beat Furrer ( b. 1954 ) Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018. Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Furrer relocated to Vienna in 1975 to pursue studies with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (composition) and Otmar Suitner (conducting) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1985 he co-founded what is now one of Europe’s leading contemporary music ensembles, Klangforum Wien, which he still conducts. Recent awards and honors include the Music Prize of the City of Vienna in 2003 and the Golden Lion, for the monodrama “FAMA“, at the 2006 Venice Biennale. In 2014 he was awarded with Grand Austrian State Prize. He is the recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2018. Since 1991, he has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Furrer is co-founder and chairman of “impuls“, an International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music. The 25th anniversary of the Klangforum Wien was celebrated in 2010 at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik with the premiere of his Xenos-Szenen for eight voices and ensemble. Instrumentation String Quartet Movements 0:00 Mvt 1 4:05 Mvt 2 10:54 Mvt 3 11:50 Mvt 4 14:40 Mvt 5 18:41 Mvt 6 Performer: Performed By Quartetto Maurice Georgia Privitera, violin Laura Bertolino, violin Francesco Vernero, viola Aline Privitera, cello The music published in my channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900 & 2000’s (& some Baroque/Before) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform me immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be my care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.