Regina Irman

Regina Irman (born 22 March 1957) is a Swiss musician, music educator and composer. She has written commissions for a number of Swiss cultural institutions. She teaches at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau. She composes solo pieces, chamber music, choral works and music for theater. She was awarded the Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency in London in 2007.

Early life

Regina Irman was born in Winterthur, Switzerland.[1] In 1976 she studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory, and in 1982 received her teacher's diploma with guitar as principal instrument. She also began to study percussion, and in 1995 received a concert diploma with distinction for percussion.[2] Irman has studied under Roland Moser, Peter Streiff and Robert Rudisuli.[3]

Her first compositions were made while she was studying the guitar, and after 1983 she composed for a number of commissions, including the City of Zurich, the cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, the Women's Congress of Bern, the Swiss Youth Music Competition, and various ensembles.[1][2] She spent a sabbatical year in Zurich, and has performed in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and Ukraine.[4] She also works as a drummer and instrumental teacher. She is a lecturer at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau.[5] She was awarded the Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency in London in 2007, which is a residency for Swiss artists and cultural professionals with a track record of achievement.[4]

Works

Irman has composed solo pieces, chamber music, choral works, and for music theater. Her works have been described as having a "tendency towards a brittle form of humour".[1]

Selected works include:

  • Hill at Ceret (1983) for 2 violas and double bass
  • Speculum (1984) for 4 clarinets in Eb, percussion (2), Sisyphus machine, mirrors and colored lights backdrop
  • From reflective ice (1984) for four clarinets
  • Floor (los) (1985) for three violins
  • Melody 1 (1985) for quarter-tone guitar or other instruments with a clear intonation possibility
  • Melody 2 (1985) for Untertonflöte or other instruments
  • A dada = foreign songs sheet (1985–1986) Based on texts by Adolf Wolfli (mezzo-soprano) and piano
  • Piano songs, which deal with misunderstanding of the Swiss.
  • Wind Chimes (1986) for piano
  • Numbers (1986) for piano
  • A Funeral March (1987) trio for percussion and spoken voice
  • Black Happiness (1988–1989) for partially prepared piano
  • Passacaglia (1989–1990) for Clarinet in A
  • Chopin in the vertical (1991) for speaker, piano, timpani and tapes
  • Requiem to the Death "(1991-1993) for 25 women's voices, text: Akhmatova
  • Masquerade (1993)Eight pieces for mixed choir
  • Mirror Dance (1993) for 2 recorders and drums
  • Words (1995) Saxophone Ensemble and percussion
  • Association Office (1995) for solo percussion (chimes, cymbals and metal objects)
  • "... Like a grasshopper on the seas ..." (1995–1996) for large mixed chorus and tape strips
  • Table with bird feet (1996) for tape alone
  • Five speech-sound-objects (1996) for solo percussion (vibraphone, percussion Klein, speaking) Based on texts by Sonja Sekula.
  • Subjects (1996) for piano four hands
  • Three Dances (1996–1997) for soprano, speaking voice/ piano, clarinet and accordion Text: Anna Akhmatova
  • Sculptures (for Bruce Naumann) (1997) for quarter-tone-viol quartet
  • Otto mane (1999) for speaker, soprano, piano and bass drum text: ETA Hoffmann
  • Orfeo (1999–2000) for 5 players (also version for tape)
  • Surdina (1999–2000) for alto solo Texts: Cecilia Meireles
  • Black happiness 2 (1990–2001) for percussion quartet
  • Landscapes (2003) Five Pieces for percussion sextet 1. Snow landscape, 2. Frost flowers, 3. Mechanical landscape, cut up, 4. Eisgitter, amorphous, 5. Mechanical landscape, rotating
  • Ten short pieces based on themes by Bach and Biber (2004) for (baroque) violin solo
  • According to Fields (2006–2007) for 8 women's voices with percussion and light sources
  • Lines (2006–2007) for 2 soprano trombones and 2 alto trombones[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Walton, Chris (1994). Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1st ed.). MacMillan. p. 233. ISBN 0-333-515986.
  2. ^ a b Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). "Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography, Volume 1". Scarecrow Press.
  3. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). South Africa: Books & Music (USA). p. 342. ISBN 0-9617485-0-8.
  4. ^ a b "Acme | Regina Irman". Acme Studios. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Irman Regina (22. 03. 1957)". MusInfo. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Oeuvre de Regina Irman". MusInfo. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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