Ralph Zurmühle
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Ralph Zurmühle is a solo piano
composer
and a pianist
. He studied classical music and jazz until the age of twenty.
In 1986 he started composing music for film, theater and multimedia. His most recent projects are L'horitzó (Metrònom, Barcelona, and International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Almería, Spain, 2006) and the documentary Norró (National Spanish TV La2, Spain, 2006).
In 1999 Ralph moved to Barcelona where he released three CDs composed for piano, and performed numerous solo piano concerts throughout Spain. He moved to Tucson (Arizona) in April 2009, where he currently resides.
Piano
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composer
Composer
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and a pianist
Pianist
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. He studied classical music and jazz until the age of twenty.
In 1986 he started composing music for film, theater and multimedia. His most recent projects are L'horitzó (Metrònom, Barcelona, and International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Almería, Spain, 2006) and the documentary Norró (National Spanish TV La2, Spain, 2006).
In 1999 Ralph moved to Barcelona where he released three CDs composed for piano, and performed numerous solo piano concerts throughout Spain. He moved to Tucson (Arizona) in April 2009, where he currently resides.
Discography
- 2000 Between
- 2003 Communion
- 2007 Our Mother
- 2011 eQuinox (Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
)
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 Norró, documentary by Pere Herms for National Spanish TV La2, Spain,
- 2006 L'horitzó, Multimedia project by Manuel Sola, Metrònom, Barcelona, and International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Almería, Spain,
- 2006 Harvest Moon film by Jack McKusky, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008 All Secrets, film by Thomas Suski, Edinburgh, U.K.