Artist Info: Klaus Huber

Klaus Huber (30 November 1924 - 2 October 2017) was a Swiss composer and academic teacher in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students are Brian Ferneyhough, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm and Kaija Saariaho. He received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2009, among other awards.

Born, in Bern, Huber studied violin at the Zurich University of the Arts with Stefi Geyer and composition with Willy Burkhard. He continued his studies with Boris Blacher in Berlin. [read more...]