Brikcius in May 2011 in Prague. Heinz Holliger was married to the harpist Ursula Holliger née Hänggi (1937–2014) until her death on 21 January 2014. Awards 1987: Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Denmark) 1991: Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2007: Zürich Festival Prize 2008: Rheingau Musikpreis 2016: Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2017: Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau 2018: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Selected works Sequenzen über Johannes I,32 (1962) for harp Siebengesang (1966–1967) for solo oboe, orchestra, voices and loudspeaker String Quartet (1973) Scardanelli-Zyklus (1975–1991) for solo flute, small orchestra, tape and mixed choir Come and Go / Va et vient / Kommen und Gehen (1976/1977), opera to a text by Samuel Beckett Not I (1978–1980) monodrama for soprano and tape Studie über Mehrklänge (1979) for oboe solo Lieder ohne Worte (1982–1994), two sets of works for violin and piano Präludium, Arioso and Passacaglia, for two guitars (1985) Gesänge der Frühe for choir, orchestra and tape, after Schumann and Hölderlin (1987) What Where (1988), chamber opera Alb-Chehr (1991) for speaker, singers and chamber ensemble Fünf Lieder für Altstimme und großes Orchester nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (1992–2006) Violin Concerto "Hommage à Louis Soutter" (1993–1995) Schneewittchen (1998), opera based on a text by Robert Walser Puneigä, ten songs with twelve players after Anna Maria Bacher's poems (2000/02) Ma'mounia for percussion solo and instrumental quintet (2002) Romancendres for cello and piano (2003) Induuchlen, four songs for counter-tenor and horn, for Klaus Huber (2004) Toronto-Exercises for flute (also alto flute), clarinet, violin, harp and marimbaphone (2005) Lunea (2018), opera based on texts by Nikolaus Lenau Discography Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonatas (ECM, 1997) Sándor Veress: Passacaglia / Songs / Musica Concertante (ECM, 2000) Beiseit / Alb-Chehr (ECM, 2000) Lauds and Lamentations (ECM, 2003) References Sources Further reading External links Heinz Holliger Schott Music Heinz Holliger ECM Records Heinz Holliger on 1969 tour of Southern Africa, organised by Hans Adler Holliger Heinz (1939) Cdmc website Profile, Colbert Artists Management Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of SRG SSR on Neo.Mx3 1939 births Living people People from Oberaargau District 20th-century classical composers Swiss opera composers Male opera composers Swiss classical oboists Male oboists Swiss classical composers Swiss conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Contemporary classical music performers Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Fellows of the American Academy of