Philippe Albèra was born in Geneva in 1952 and studied music at the Geneva Conservatory and musicology at the University of Paris VIII. He created Contrechamps in 1977, remaining its director until 2005, followed by the Ensemble Contrechamps (1980), the Revue Contrechamps (1983) and Éditions Contrechamps (1991), of which he is still in charge. He was the artistic coordinator at the Salle Patino contemporary art venue in Geneva between 1984 and 1998, and established the Archipel festival in Geneva in 1992.
Year of creation
2015
Director
Julien Gremaud, Noémie Gygax
Credits and thanks
Swiss Music Prize 2015
Edited by Federal Office of Culture, Berne
Project managers: Martine Chalverat
Art directors: Noémie Gygax, Julien Gremaud
Direction and editing: Olivier Bemer
Production and interview: Julien Gremaud
Sound designer: Aurélien Hamm
Graphic design: Noémie Gygax
Translation: Lisa Stein
Philippe Albèra – Swiss Music Prize 2015
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Philippe Albèra was born in Geneva in 1952 and studied music at the Geneva Conservatory and musicology at the University of Paris VIII. He created Contrechamps in 1977, remaining its director until 2005, followed by the Ensemble Contrechamps (1980), the Revue Contrechamps (1983) and Éditions Contrechamps (1991), of which he is still in charge. He was the artistic coordinator at the Salle Patino contemporary art venue in Geneva between 1984 and 1998, and established the Archipel festival in Geneva in 1992.
Credits and thanks
Swiss Music Prize 2015
Edited by Federal Office of Culture, Berne
Project managers: Martine Chalverat
Art directors: Noémie Gygax, Julien Gremaud
Direction and editing: Olivier Bemer
Production and interview: Julien Gremaud
Sound designer: Aurélien Hamm
Graphic design: Noémie Gygax
Translation: Lisa Stein
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