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Swiss Composer 2007

Sergio Menozzi

Sergio Menozzi was born in Bellinzona (Switzerland) in 1960. He first studied clarinet in Lugano, and later in the Geneva Conservatoire under Thomas Friedli, where he earned a First Prize in his virtuoso exam. In parallel, he also studied with composer Paul Glass.

The winner of numerous competitions, he is currently solo bass clarinet in the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon and teaches chamber music in the Conservatoire National de Musique de Lyon.

Sergio Menozzi is also a member and founder of several chamber music and contemporary music ensembles. In 1989, he formed a duet with Swiss percussionist Ivano Torre, performing improvised creative music. In 1992, he formed a quintet dedicated to creative music and called "Musique d'Urt".

He also belongs to "Anamorphose", a chamber music ensemble focusing on a creative approach to performing music, closely linked to composition.

As a composer, he has written around thirty chamber music, vocal, instrumental and symphonic works, as well as operas.

Recent pieces from Sergio Menozzi

L'Ombre sagittaire (1991-1992)
Text from Jean-Pierre Duprey, for  narrator, bassist, choir and orchestra (by the OSR in Geneva)

Pinocchio (1997)
Opera, libretto from Maurice Yendt, state command for the Lyon Opera and tour

Suite Lyrique (1999)
Voices and chamber ensemble

Herbstlich Sonnige Tage (2001)
Texts from Friederich Nietzsche, Emmanuel Geibel, H.A. Baatsch, choir and orchestra (by OSR in Geneva)

Black Tell (2002)
2^nd act from a collective opera, libretto from Nicolas E. Ryhiner, command from Expo 02 (Switzerland)

Canut toi-même (2005)
Opera for children and string quartet, libretto from Jean-Claude Mathon, state command (Biennale Jeune Public) by Quatuor Debussy

Dora-M (2006)
For narrator, 2 comedians, children choir and orchestra - texts from Frédéric Durbec, by Opéra de Lyon

And many operas transcriptions (Gretel et Hänsel de Humperdinck pour l'Opéra de Lyon) or "lieder" for voices and small ensembles (Schoenberg, Eisler, Zemlinsky, Nietzsche, Zimmermann,...).