Francesco Hoch

14.02.1943

Hoch was born in Lugano and studied for his diploma in composition under Franco Donatoni and singing under Ada Jesi at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he also studied conducting under Franco Caracciolo, Mario Gusella and electronic music under Angelo Paccagnini. He attended courses in composition at Darmstadt with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gyorgy Ligeti, and in Padua with Sylvano Bussotti and Domenico Guaccero. He has composed since 1968. He now teaches and writes about contemporary music on a freelance basis. He is a founder member of 'OGGIMUSICA', an association for contemporary music based in Lugano. He lives and teaches music in the Canton of Tessin. He has won the following prizes: - Primo Premio 'Angelicum', Milano, 1975 - Prize 'Pro Arte', Bern, 1976 - Prize of the Anniversary foundation of the UBS (United Bank of Switzerland), 1991 - Prize 'Kammersprechchor Zürich' and the European Piano Teachers Association, 1995 / 96 - Francesco Hoch has composed around eighty works for orchestra, voice, choir, for the stage and with electronic. Published by 'Edizioni Suvini Zerboni' in Milan.

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