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“The repeated, present experiencing of the circumstance, that the thought of the world of senses as part and quality of the cohesive centre of sensory experience reveals itself, at the same time, as the bridge for our consciousness to become aware of the individual I of the thinker, is a fact of metaphysical dimension.” (Berthold Wulf)
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Felix Huber was born in Frick (AG); discovered improvising on the piano at an early age and was a founding member of the first jazz-rock formation "Jigsaw" in the canton of Aargau.
Studies at the Bern Conservatory, the Jazz School Bern and at Berklee College in Boston, USA. While still a student: Coast-to-Coast-Tour through 30 of the biggest cities in the USA. Concerts as solo pianist and with his own quartet "New Jazztet".
Huber wrote compositions and arrangements for symphony orchestra, string and chamber ensembles, jazz combos, big bands, choir and solo instruments.
Competitions / Awards
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2nd place: International Jazz Composition Competition, Monaco (1981)
- Finals: International Jazz Composition Competition, Monaco (1982)
- Awarded a price (Werkjahr) by the Kuratorium of Kanton Solothurn (1982)
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Awarded a commission to write for four Swiss classical festivals: “Interlakner- und Meiringer Musikfestwochen” as well as “Schlosskonzerte Spiez und Thun” (1999)
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Pro Argovia Artist 2001/2002
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1st place: Composition competition for the opening ceremony of the Swiss national exhibition Expo.02
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Prize winner: IV international Prokofieff composition competition in Saint Petersburg (2003)
- Finals: Concours de Composition Chorale "Label Suisse", Lausanne
- Pro Argovia Artist 2021/2022
Recordings, Publications
Recordings (as pianist and composer)
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1981 LP "Puzzle" with JIGSAW (ss 42 / Bellaphon) (Michael Frey, g / Felix Huber, p / Rainer Suter, b / Franz Kneubühler, dr, perc. / Roger Barman, congas )
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1984 LP "JIGSAW II" (ss 51 / Bellaphon) (Michael Frey, g, cavaquinho / Felix Huber, p, perc./ Rainer Suter, b / Franz Kneubühler, dr, perc.)
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1986 LP "L'Homme Fatal" mit JEFASTER DESASTER (Unit Records, 4016 ) (Beat Wenger, saxes / Marco Figini, g / Felix Huber, p, synth / Samuel Joss, b Norbert Pfammatter, dr / Willi Kotoun, perc.)
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1993 CD "Ost-West-Inspiration " (Corvus Records, 929) ( Witek Kornacki, cl, saxes / Felix Huber, p )
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1997 CD "al fresco - Bilder keiner Ausstellung " (Unit Records, 4103) ( Felix Huber, piano solo)
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2000 CD "Neues Zürcher Orchester - live", Mozart - Bach - Huber - Beethoven, ( Klavier: Felix Huber, Leitung: Martin Studer )
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2004 CD "East-West-Inspiration" (TIM, The International Music Company, 221862/311) ( Witek Kornacki, cl, saxes / Felix Huber, p / Lech Wieleba, b )
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2004 CD "Gallia“ Ost-West Inspiration (Membran Music Ltd. 222093/210) A co-production with Swiss Radio DRS 2 ( Witek Kornacki, cl, saxes / Felix Huber, p / Lech Wieleba, b )
Recordings (as composer)
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2000 CD "Neues Zürcher Orchester - live" containing "In Memoriam J. S. Bach" for orchestra
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2002 CD "Heaven's Trumpets Vol. II" - Luzerner Trompeten-Ensemble: Dir.: Jonathan Nott, LTE - Records 90020 > containing "fanfare@expo.02"
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2004 CD "Quatuors Suisses" pour Instr. à anches (Quatuor Francis Poulenc), Ob./Klar,/T.Sax/Fag. MGB CD 6213 >containing : "Holzminiaturen"
Publications:
Choralia Friburgensis, Editions Labatiaz • St. Maurice
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Jesus mihi omnia (for mixed choir a cappella)
Karthause Schmülling Verlag • Kamen • Vilnius • St. Petersburg • Thessaloniki
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Holzminiaturen (for oboe, clarinet, sax and bassoon)
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Anne Frank (for spoken voice, clarinet and piano)
Breitkopf & Härtel • Wiesbaden • Leipzig • Paris
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Drei Duos (for flutes)
ToppBrass Verlag • Aarau
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"fanfare@expo.02" for 12 trumpets and percussion
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"fanfare@expo.02" for brass band
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"fanfare@expo.02" for harmony