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– Thu 4 Sep: Nassau oblige - 12 Widmungsmusiken (1813-2005) an die Herrscher der Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau, for Woodwind-Quartet Wiesbaden, Germany
– Sat 6 Sep: Seann Branchfield Acoustic Performance Gizzy's Coffee 16 W 8th Street, New York, NY, USA
– Tue 16 Sep: Cycles - A feast of Orchestral Song Cadogan Hall, London, UK
– Thu 2 Oct: First performance of a work for orchestra Casa de la Musica, Quito, Ecuador
– Sun 5 Oct: Eisenhower Farewell Address Castro Valley Center for the Arts, Castro Valley, California, USA

– Musikpreis Salzburg 2009 awarded to Klaus Huber 11 Aug 2008
– Wagstaff's Piano Quintet released on CD 6 Aug 2008
– Statue unveiled to honour Séan Ó Riada 4 Aug 2008
– Norman Dello Joio dies at 95 29 Jul 2008

Birthdays:
– Geoffrey Gordon
– Robert Aitken
– Ugo Amendola
– Ivor Gurney
– Ludvig Norman
Dying days:
– Bohuslav Martinů
– Anatolii Lyadov
– Johann Schobert
Events:
– (2005) Peter Wallin: First performance of movement 1 & 2 from "The Mouse", in Holsted, Denmark.
– (1850) Richard Wagner: Premiere of Lohengrin, in Weimar, Germany.
– (1775) Franz Joseph Haydn: Premiere of L'Incontro Improvviso, in Eszterháza, Hungary.
– (1733) Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Premiere of La Serva Padrona, in Naples, Italy.

– Johann Anton Sulzer (27 Aug)
– Salomon Sulzer (27 Aug)
– Josef Tal (27 Aug)
– Carl (Karl) Eberwein (26 Aug)
– Max (Traugott Maximilian) Eberwein (26 Aug)
– Carl Friedrich Ebers (26 Aug)
– Daniel Eberlin (26 Aug)
– Cristoforo Babbi (26 Aug)
– Andrei Avanesowich Babayev (26 Aug)
– Gregorio Babbi (26 Aug)

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Born: 14 February 1939 — Bern — Switzerland

Died:

• Käfig: Septett, Quintett, Terzett (1961/62)
• Hölzerner Himmel: Ohrwurm, Uhrwerk, Ehrwort (1976/79 (rev. 1993))
• Robert Walser Trilogie: 1. Die schöne Frau von Thun (1987, rev. 1991)
• Robert Walser Trilogie: 2. Tobold (1987/88 (rev. 1991))
• Robert Walser Trilogie: 3. Das Mädchen mit den schönen Augen (1988, rev. 1991)

Born in Bern Urs Peter Schneider is a composer and improviser, interpreter and pedagogue. From 1959 until 1966 he studied piano under Walter Lang and Prof. Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Sandor Veress and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Bern, Cologne and Vienna. In 1968 he founded the ‘Ensemble Neue Horizonte Bern’ which has seen over 800 concerts, radio broadcasts and manifestations to date. There have been twelve recordings produced between the years of 1967 and 2003 on various mediums and partly with a composed programme.

• 1983 — Great Music prize awarded by canton Bern
• 1964 until 1987 — Six further prizes awarded to him as a pianist and composer
• Since 1966 — Lives in Biel
• 1955 until 2004 — Twelve dozen compositions in all genres (over 1200 performances in the whole of Europe, America and Russia)
• Until 2002 — Professor for theory and ensemble at the ‘Musikhochschule Bern’ (Bern School of Music)

An increase has been seen of late in his appearances as a performer, often with his own text compositions.

Urs Peter Schneider is a specialist for preclassical and conceptual music.

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