Klaus Huber

30.11.1924

Klaus Huber was born in Bern, attended school in Basel and attended a teacher training college in Kusnacht (Zurich). Between 1947 and 1949 he studied music (violin and school music) in Zurich. From 1947 to 1955 he studied composition under Willy Burkhard, and from 1955 to 1956 with Boris Blacher. From 1960 to 1963 he taught at Lucerne Conservatory, and from 1964 to 1973 he led the composition class at ‘Musikakademie Basel‘ (Basel Music Academy). In 1966, 1968 and 1972 he also taught composition seminars at the Gaudeamus Foundation in Bilthoven (Netherlands). In 1969 he founded the Boswil International Composition Seminar, and in 1970 he won the Beethoven Prize of the City of Bonn. Between 1973 and 1990 he taught composition at Freiburg im Breisgau School of Music. In 1978 he won the Basel Arts Prize. From 1979 to 1982 he was president of the Swiss Musicians' Association. In 1983 he visited Nicaragua for the first time. Since 1984 he has played a more flexible role as guest professor. Huber is a member of the ‘Akademie der Schönen Künste’, the ‘Akademie der Künste Berlin’ and the ‘Freien Akademie der Künste Mannheim’.

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