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Constant development and the search for the appropriate form corresponding to the content of a new work allow him to develop original ideas; and through his personality, heterogeneous and often even contradictory modernist impulses can be playfully combined into a unity. Construction and vitality,
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Fortmann, also known as Tommy
Fortmann, son of the Swiss soprano Greta Saar and the entrepreneur Rudolf Fortmann, was born in Gerzensee in the canton of Bern as the first of two children. At 17, he wrote his first pop/rock hit, which was released in 27 countries. In collaboration with the producer
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At the age of 26 he turned to the study of classical music. He then composed mainly chamber works, but also two symphonies, an oratorio, concertos, songs and several music stage works with commissions and scholarships from the Swiss
Federal Office for Cultural Affairs, Zurich Opera House etc
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In the mid-1980s, Fortmann moved with his family to
Tuscany, where he founded the Accademia Amiata in addition to his compositional activities with musicians from the provinces of Grosseto and Siena, and directed the "Toscana delle Culture" festival for several years. In 2016, he founds the
535:"Pinocchio" Musical, Fl(Pic), Ob, EH, Kl, Bs.Kl, Sax(S&A), Fg, Hrn, 2Trp, Pos, Bs.Pos(od.Tb), Pkn, Perk, Pno, KB, Sänger & Chor, abendfüllend, premiere: Opernhaus Zürich, CH, 1989, Vergriffen und nur auf Anfrage erhältlich
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Solist & Chor (5-stimmig), Fl, Ob, Kl, aS, Fg, Pkn/Perk, Org, Vl1, Vl2, Vla, Vcl, KB, abendfüllend, (premiere ancient version: Magadino, CH 1982) premiere new
Version: Zürich-Wollishofen, 2016
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SATB - Chor ad lib. - 2F l(Pic), Ob, EH, Kl, Bs.Kl, S.Sax, B.Sax, 2Fg, 2Hrn, 2Trp, 2Pos, Pkn, Perk, Pno/Cel, Vl1&2, Vla, Vcl, KB, 35‘, premiere: Toscana delle
Culture, Orbetello, I,
529:"Collodis Pinocchio", 5 Musiker (Vl, 2Sax, Schlzg, Pno) & 6 singende Schauspieler/innen, abendfüllend, UA: Nuithonie, Fribourg, CH, (2005) Cd:Klick Records
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532:"Vaudeville für Leontine", Fl, Kl, Schlzg/Perk, Pno, Vl, Vcl, Bs, Mezzosoprano, Tenor, Bariton, abendfüllend, UA: Murten Classics, CH, (2017)
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logic and sensual effect are by no means mutually exclusive in his compositions.
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für 2 Flöten & Klavier, 7'30'', premiere: Arosa (2016), Radioaufnahme DRS2
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