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Cyrill Schürch

Cyrill Schürch

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First Name Cyrill
Last Name Schürch
Gender Male

Location

Country Switzerland
City Zürich

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Website www.cschurch.net
About Me Cyrill Schürch’s most recent orchestral work, Streaks, has been performed by the State Hermitage Orchestra in St. Petersburg (Russia) with Rainer Held, and will be on tour throughout Switzerland and Germany with the Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra in early 2015.

In 2014, Cyrill was prizewinner at the Swiss Children’s and Youth Choir composition contest and in 2012 his Les Quatrains Valaisans won a 2nd prize at the Alpenchorfestival Brig competition. Currently he is also a finalist for the Mario Merz Prize for which he is composing a new piece for chamber ensemble. He has earned awards and commissions from organizations such as the UBS cultural foundation, AURA contemporary ensemble, EnsembleSpektrum, Ayre Flutes London and Europa Cantat. His music is published by EMR Editions Switzerland and Carus-Verlag Germany which has recently agreed to publish most of Cyrill’s choral works.

He is also active as a pianist and chamber musician performing frequently as soloist or with pianist Daniel Vaiman in their Piano Duo. He has also collaborated with EnsembleSpektrum and plays regularly in a piano/violin duo with Leandra Wolf. Born in Lucerne, he has originally started learning to play the accordion and later also took up piano at age 10. Before starting his degrees he studied piano privately with Konstantin Scherbakov. Cyrill holds degrees with distinction in both piano and composition from the University of Houston Moores School of Music working with pianist Nancy Weems and composer Robert Nelson. During his summer at the Aspen Music Festival he studied composition with Sidney Hodkinson and George Tsontakis and piano with John Perry. Other teachers included David Del Tredici and David Olan during a year of postgraduate studies at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. In 2008, he received a PhD from King’s College London studying with Robert Keeley and attended masterclasses with George Benjamin and Silvina Milstein. He is assistant director of the Musikschule Zug where he also teaches piano.

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Cyrill Schürch - I vain prümavaira
FREE sheet music! My latest composition for choir and piano, live on Swiss TV during the new festival 'Chanzun rumantscha'. "I vain prümavaira" - Spring is coming, a short and beautiful poem in Romansh (by Louisa Famos), one of the descendant languages of...

March 23, 2019
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Cyrill Schürch - Vide homo
A new setting of the text of di Lasso's last motet where the crucified Christ, speaking in the first person, confronts Peter's betrayal and indeed the sinfulness of all mankind. More info: http://cschurch.net/en/compositions/choir/vide-homo/ Commission...

May 6, 2018
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Cyrill Schürch: Sonniger Nachmittag
Weitere Infos unter: https://www.carus-verlag.com/chor/weltliche-chormusik/cyrill-schuerch-sonniger-nachmittag.html?redirected=1 und http://cschurch.net/de/kompositionen/chor/drei-stucke-nach-gedichten-von-georg-trakl/ Fast könnte es eine Sommeridyl...

January 20, 2018
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Cyrill Schürch: Psalm 42 - Part I
The first part of my setting of Psalm 42 for choir, soloists, organ and string orchestra (Ps 42, 2-5). It was recently performed in Lucerne, Switzerland.

November 20, 2017
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Cyrill Schürch: Dona nobis pacem
SATB. A calm and serene setting, easily accessible for amateur choirs. More info at http://cschurch.net/en/compositions/choir/dona-nobis-pacem-for-choir/

August 19, 2017
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The Ssssnake Hotel - by Cyrill Schürch
"The Ssssnake Hotel" for S (or optional SSA) and piano after a text by Brian Moses. It was commissioned by the Europa Cantat Festival 2015 in Pécs, Hungary for one of the ateliers. It was premiered by the excellent Hungarian children's choir Lautitia and ...

August 4, 2017
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O sacrum convivium by Cyrill Schürch
A setting of the famous text for double choir SATB/SATB. It was written for the composition competition of the Swiss Federation Europa Cantat where it won 2nd prize. It is performed by Swiss choir molto cantabile under the direction of Andreas Felber. It...

February 21, 2016
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O magnum mysterium
A recent performance of my "O magnum mysterium" with vocal ensemble sirventes berlin under the direction of Stefan Schuck. It is available through my website at http://cschurch.net/en/compositions/choir/o-magnum-mysterium/ and will be published by Carus-V...

January 19, 2016
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O magnum mysterium
Soon to be published by Carus-Verlag Germany. Find a score sample and order information at http://cschurch.net/en/compositions/choir/o-magnum-mysterium/ A recent wonderful live-performance of my setting of this famous text that has inspired so many comp...

June 12, 2015
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"So ein Tag" by Cyrill Schürch
Musical setting for three-part children's choir by Cyrill Schürch. Text by J. Guggenmos. Now available as a collection "Was denkt die Maus am Donnerstag?" at Carus-Verlag, Germany, see link to sheet music.

November 1, 2014

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