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Heinz Holliger

Born in Langenthal, Switzerland on May 21, 1939, Heinz Holliger is an oboist, composer, and conductor. At the age of 11, he began playing the oboe. He studied the instrument at the Bern Music School and Conservatory before taking first prize at the 1959 Geneva International Music Competition. Heinz Holliger then studied composition with Sándor Varess and Pierre Boulez. Throughout his lengthy career, he has become one of the world’s most celebrated oboists, recording both beloved classics and new compositions alike. Some of those new works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans Werner Hen...