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Stefan Thut
Two 2020 releases from Stefan Thut
by John Eyles
Back in 2016, when two albums by Swiss cellist and composer Stefan Thut were released within weeks of one another, it was pertinent to comment on the relative slimness of his discography. When autumn 2020 saw the release of his Among hot on the heels of Atama, the comment remained true, the intervening years having brought some seven releases, including About (Elsewhere, 2018) as well as the two considered here. However, as too many artists' discographies testify, quantity does not ...
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by John Eyles
Swiss composer and cellist Stefan Thut was born in 1968. Trained at the Lucerne Conservatory then at Boston University School of Music, he is now based in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. After experiences in new and experimental music, improvisation and noise he started composing, writing scores. A member of the Wandelweiser group, as an interpreter Thut has premiered solo pieces including compositions by fellow members Jürg Frey, Radu Malfatti and Manfred Werder. Two of his own compositions ...
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