Ralph Zurmühle
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ralph Zurmühle
| image = Ralph_Zurmühle_in_Vejer.jpg
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland
| instrument = piano
| genre = contemporary, classical
| website = {{URL|http://www.ralphpiano.com/}}
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Ralph Zurmühle (or Zurmuhle) is a Swiss composer and pianist. Zurmühle was born in Zürich and grew up mainly in Liechtenstein. He graduated from the University of Zürich and now lives in Spain. Zurmühle discovered his natural talent for the piano at the age of five and developed it over decades with jazz and classical music studies.[https://es.yamaha.com/es/artists/r/ralph_zurmuhle.html Biography] at YAMAHA's website[http://ralphpiano.com/bio.html Biography] at Ralph Zurmühle's official website
His CD recordings, composed in the genre of contemporary post-classical piano music, have been met with international critical acclaim and have received multiple awards and nominations.[http://ralphpiano.com/Images/YAMAHA.jpg Reflections] won the overall 2014 Album of the Year and the 2014 Contemporary and Modern Album of the Year awards at SoloPiano.com.[http://www.reviewsnewage.com/2011/04/25/ralph-zurmuhle-equinox eQuinox]
Best Album June 2011 and Nominée for Best Album of the Year 2011 at Reviews New Age[https://solopiano.com/blog/view/2011-album-of-the-year-nominations eQuinox]
Album of the Year 2012 Nominée at SoloPiano.com.[https://solopiano.com/blog/view/Album-of-the-year-nominations Our Mother]
Album of the Year 2010 Nominée at SoloPiano.com.[http://www.solopianoradio.com/favorites.htm Between]
Album of the Year 2007 Nominée at Whisperings Solo Piano Radio The first CD Between was released in 2000, Communion followed in 2003 and Our Mother in 2007. His fourth CD eQuinox, published in 2011, is produced and distributed by Valley Entertainment, New York. His award-winning[http://ralphpiano.com/Images/YAMAHA.jpg Reflections] won the overall 2014 Album of the Year and the 2014 Contemporary and Modern Album of the Year awards at SoloPiano.com. album Reflections was released in 2014, followed by As Time Passes in 2019.[http://ralphpiano.com/cds.html Discography] at Ralph Zurmühle's official website
Compositions from these CDs have been featured in films and multi-media projects worldwide. For more than twenty years Ralph Zurmühle has been scoring music for film and performing solo piano concerts, mostly playing his own repertoire.
Pianists he has performed with include Peter Kater, Chad Lawson and David Peña Dorantes.
Discography
- 2000 [http://ralphpiano.com/between.html Between]
- 2003 [http://ralphpiano.com/communion.html Communion]
- 2007 [http://ralphpiano.com/mother.html Our Mother]
- 2011 eQuinox (Hearts of Space Records){{cite web |url=http://www.valley-entertainment.com/equinox-2.html |title=eQuinox |work=Valley Entertainment/Hearts of Space Records |accessdate=7 April 2011}}
- 2014 [http://ralphpiano.com/reflections.html Reflections]
- 2019 [http://ralphpiano.com/time.html As Time Passes]
- 2024 [http://ralphpiano.com Reverence]
Multimedia and film productions
- 1992 From the Other End of Time, performance by Arno Oehri, New York
- 1994 Nachtgebet, film-performance by Arno Oehri, Sarjetschnij, Russia
- 1996 Der Berg, das Meer und die Wunde, theater piece by Arno Oehri, Liechtenstein
- 1999 The Norman Lee Story, documentary by Arno Oehri, Liechtenstein, USA
- 2005 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7memsRzMGFI Norró], documentary by Pere Herms for National Spanish TV La 2 (Spain)
- 2005 [https://web.archive.org/web/20150218185752/http://www.ivam.es/activities/68-nuevas-musicas-para-clasicos-del-cine-mudo New music for classic silent films] – original score and live performance for classic silent films by Luis Buñuel, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, René Clair and Walter Ruttmann, 2005, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Spain.
- 2006 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vNzrqUdC4 L'horitzó], Multimedia project by [http://manuelsola.cat Manuel Solà], Metrònom, Barcelona, and International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Almería, Spain
- 2006 Harvest Moon film by Jack McKusky, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH4y0VHzTEw All Secrets], film by Thomas Suski, Edinburgh, U.K.
- 2009 Erinnere dich, was sie dir angetan haben..., documentary, Germany
- 2013 Momix [https://web.archive.org/web/20130810145548/http://www.mosespendleton.com/works-alchemia.html Alchemia], multimedia performance with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dMB-iWrYp4 Horizon] from the CD [http://ralphpiano.com/mother.html Our Mother], New York
- 2014 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yzt4bogbec Lars o hechizando vientos], Multimedia project by [http://manuelsola.cat Manuel Solà], Museo Can Mario, Palafrugell (Girona), Spain
- 2014 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnrff2L9VM La Primera Sonrisa - The First Smile], documentary by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2138235 Guadalupe Sánchez Sosa], Mexico
- 2014 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZEXfAuhHk The Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy], documentary by [http://www.atlegacyfilm.com Sam Henegar], USA
- 2015 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN88QG8Xu-g Piano], documentary by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6519489 Vita Drygas], Poland
- 2019 [https://vimeo.com/346688926 Der Eidechsenkönig], film by [https://www.videowerk.li/ Arno Oehri], Liechtenstein
Reviews
"[http://ralphpiano.com/reflections.html Reflections] explores the sonority of the piano masterfully and reaches a technical and artistic dimension only achievable by the finest contemporary piano works." [http://ralphpiano.com/Images/YAMAHA.jpg Yamaha Spain]
"25 years after the glory days of the solo piano genre sparked by artists like Keith Jarrett and George Winston, the solo piano album remains an elusive undertaking: very easy to do - very hard to do well. Swiss pianist Ralph Zurmühle is one of those rare artists, who does it sublimely well, with great sensitivity to touch, melody, and ambience. Listen and you will find yourself in the hands of a master."(Stephen Hill, San Francisco, Producer of Hearts of Space Radio)
"[http://ralphpiano.com/time.html As Time Passes] is music to spur the imagination. With inspiration, simplicity and elegance, this superb work by Ralph Zurmühle confirms the solid trajectory of one of the greatest exponents in the world of solo piano." [https://es.yamaha.com/es/news_events/2019/ralph_zurmuhle_lanza_su_nuevo_album_as_time_passes.html Yamaha Spain]
External links
- [http://www.ralphpiano.com Ralph Zurmühle official website]
- [http://www.facebook.com/zurmuhle Ralph Zurmühle on Facebook]
- [http://www.pandora.com/ralph-zurmuhle Ralph Zurmühle on Pandora Radio]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/Razu39 Ralph Zurmühle's Youtube Channel]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2432153/ IMDb]
- [http://ralphpiano.com/cds.html CD reviews]
References
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