WILLY MERZ
is born in
Swiss
composer and conductor he lives in
He is
graduated in Composition and Orchestral Conducting at the Conservatorio Verdi
of Milan and further he studies at IRCAM
( Paris ) , Accademia Chigiana ( Siena ) with F. Donatoni and conducting with F.Leitner
He win in 2003 the” Internationale
Kompositionswettbewerb” Freiburg (
Switzerland ).
His works
are regulary played in importants
Festivals in
Among his collaborators musicians like Alexander Lonquich,Danilo Rossi, Sergio Azzolini, Cecilia Gasdia,Hille Perl,Maurice Bourgue,the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala ( Milano ), the Ensemble Europeo Antidogma ( Torino ).
His “Ulysses” has been played in Teatro Colòn (
In 2004 his
CD “Dépaysements” was published by
Stradivarius (
In 2005 his
work “Sonette an Orpheus” was played
in Peking Conservatory.
In 2006 his
chamber opera “Aqua”for
singers,musicians, dance and videoart has been played in Teatro Regio (
In 2009 the
Orchestra Sinfonica de Tenerife will play with S.Azzolini his “ Boudoir d’Aphrodite” for basson and
orchestra
In 2006 he
is Composer in residence at “Cité Internationale des Arts” in
In 2007 he
is Composer in Residence at the Gustavsson Foundation (
In 2008 he
is Composer in residence in Altes Spittal Solothurn (
In 2009 he
is Composer in residence in ATCSL (
His works
are published by 433 Verlag in Münich (
“ Willy Merz chante la poésie du cosmopolite
mélancolique.Il exploite à merveille les instruments de tessiture grave avec
une grande sensibilité mélodique”
“ Willy Merz sings the poesy of the melancholic cosmopolite. He
exploits wonderful the bass instruments, with a great melodic sensibility.”
Jérémie
Szpirglas
“Le Monde de la
Musique” n.306 January 2006 , Paris
“ The work of Willy Merz
is an explosion of vitality and dreamy
concentration”
“L’Express”
February 2007 Neuchâtel (
Willy MERZ
15, Via Felicita di Savoia
I-10131 TORINO ( Italy )
Tel + 39 011 660 62 06
willymerz@libero.it