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First name: Rene
Last name: Wohlhauser
Dates: 1954
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Swiss
Opus name: Klavierquartett fur streichtrio (violine, vola,cello) and piano (1979, rev. 1987)
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Peculiarities: http://www.renewohlhauser.com/18_biographies.php http://www.musinfo.ch/index.php?content=maske_werke&name=Wohlhauser&vorname=René&pers_id=58#2587; and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wohlhauser
Information: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia René Wohlhauser (born 24 March 1954 in Zurich) is a Swiss composer, pianist, singer, improviser, conductor and music teacher. From 1975 to 1979 Wohlhauser studied counterpoint, harmony, music analysis, score reading, orchestration and composition with Thomas Kessler, Robert Suter, Jacques Wildberger and Jurg Wyttenbach at the Basle Music Academy, earning a diploma in music theory. He went on to study composition with Kazimierz Serocki, Mauricio Kagel, Herbert Brun and Heinz Holliger, and for several years studied with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. The latter had a decisive influence on Wohlhauser's work. Wohlhauser currently teaches composition, improvisation and music theory at the Basle Music Academy. As a performer of contemporary music, he is heard all over Europe, recently mostly with his ensemble "Ensemble Polysono, as well as with soprano Christine Simolka. Wohlhauser has published several writings on music.