Rudolf Kelterborn
1931 - 2021
Swiss
Summary
Kelterborn's oeuvre covers many different musical genres and includes five operas, orchestral works (some with solo instruments, voices, or electronics), chamber music, and vocal works. His four-act opera Der Kirschgarten inaugurated the newly rebuilt Zürich Opera House in 1984.
Biography
Born in Basel, Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg and Zurich, among other places, with composers Walther Geiser, Willy Burkhard, Boris Blacher, Günter Bialas, and Wolfgang Fortner. In his own teaching career Kelterborn served as a lecturer and professor at a number of music colleges in Germany and Switzerland, where he directed the Basel Music Academy from 1983 -1994. He also headed the music division of Swiss German radio from 1974-1980.
Further afield he held guest lectureships in the United States, England, Japan, China, and Eastern Europe. He has been performed throughout Europe, the United States and Japan. He has also conducted many of his own works on the international scene.