Bruno Karrer

25.12.1956

After completing his education at a teacher'straining college BK moved on to the Musikhochschule Winterthur, where he studied the guitar. After graduating he studied theory of music as main subject and gave concerts as a soloist as well as together with various chamber music ensembles. He has been professor for theory of music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Winterthur-Zürich since 1986.
His compositional work has been growing more central since 1987 and has found its result in numerous works, most of which were written on request for musicians, ensembles and institutions (e.g. Pro Helvetia and Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein). In 1988 BK was the winner of a Werkbeitrag of the city of St.Gallen, in 1998 of the canton of St.Gallen. As a result of his work for Contrapunkt ( IGNM St.Gallen ) he has championed the realisation and propagation of contemporary music.
Starting from the aestetics and technique of the classical avant-garde BK arrived at a personal style which is independent from establisced styles. In this connection the search for the densest musical statement achieved with the simplest means has become central. Meaning and methods are related in the same way as emotion and construction – they stimulate and give rise to each other.

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