Heidi Baader-Nobs
Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 5 December 1940) is a Swiss composer. She was born in Delémont, and studied violin and piano at school before training as a teacher at the Ecole Normale in Delémont. She later studied composition and music theory with Robert Suter and Jacques Wildberger at the Basle Musik-Akademie.[1][2] In 2018 Baader-Nobs was commissioned to compose a piece for the Festival frauenkomponiert (Women Composed) 2018.
Life
Heidi Baader-Nobs was born Heidi Nobs on 5 December 1940 in Delémont, Switzerland.[1] She studied violin and piano at school, and then trained as a teacher at the Ecole Normale in Delémont.[3] Baader-Nobs first trained in violin at the Basel Music Academy under Rodolfo Felicani, but after recurrent problems with inflammation of her right arm, she gave up playing violin.[4] She studied composition and music theory with Robert Suter and Jacques Wildberger, also at the Basel Music Academy.[1][2] Baader-Nobs compositions use dodecaphonic (twelve-tone) and serial techniques.[1] Later works show her interest in graphic scores.[1] Her compositions are considered to be influenced by the work of Pierre Boulez and Iannis Xenakis.[3] Baader-Nobs has composed for orchestra, chamber orchestra, piano, electronic keyboard, and has also written vocal music.[3]
Baader-Nobs was commissioned to compose a piece for the Festival frauenkomponiert (Women Composed) 2018. Baader-Nobs composed the piece Evasion, scored for solo viola and orchestra.[4] The piece premiered on 11 March 2018, at the French Church (Französische Kirche), Berne.[4][5]
Baader-Nobs settled in Allschwil, and is married to Claudius Baader and has three children.[4] She interrupted her career in the 1970s to meet her family responsibilities, but later returned to composing in 1980.[6]
Works
Selected works by Baader-Nobs include:
- Duo (1986)
- Bifurcation for tuba and piano[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ a b Compositori svizzeri del nostro tempo. Fondation SUISA pour la musique, SUISA-Stiftung für Musik. 1993.
- ^ a b c d Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1. p. 38.
- ^ a b c d ISCM (22 May 2021). "Heidi Baader-Nobs: Evasion". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Komponsitinnen". frauenkomponiert (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ "Baader-Nobs, Heidi". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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