Hubert Stuppner

Hubert Stuppner was born on the 19th January 1944 in Truden / Italy. In 1964 he received a concert performer's diploma in piano at the conservatoire in Bozen.

In 1965 Mr. Stuppner received doctorate in musicology at Padua University on the song works by Johannes Brahms. In 1970 he took exam in composition; prize at the International Composer'sCompetition "Gaudeamus" in Bilthoven.

1970-74 visited the Darmstadter Fereinkurse working among other with Karlhein Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Iannis Xanakis.

In 1970-1981 Huber Stuppner was a professor for analysis and theory of harmony at the Bozen conservatoire. In 1972 and 1984 DAAD scholarship in Berlin.

In 1974 he published a teaching method treating rhythmics of the 20th century; received the 1st prize at the International Composer's Competition for the Schnittger-organ in Zwolle / Netherlands.

In 1979 Mr. Stuppner took the 1st prize for chamber opera at the Filarmonica Umbra Competition in Terni. In 1980 he received the 1st culture prize of the city of Innsbruck for the film "Die Stimme der Sylpiden".

Since 1975 he has been a founder and director of the International Festival for Contemporary Music Bozen.

In 1981-96 he was a director of the conservatoire "Claudio Monteverdi" and director of the International Piano competition "Ferruccio Busoni" in Bozen.

In 1984 Hubert Stuppner took the prize at the "Concours Ernest Ansermet" in Genf for the ballett "Pierrot und Pierrette". Worked for the edition "Musikkonzepte"

Since 1991 he has been an artistic director of the "Haydn"-Orchestra Bozen and Trient. He has had numerous commitments for seminars and readings at music academies (Osaka, Oslo, New York), at congresses (Bozen, Graz, Milan, Rome, Florence), in Juries for composition and piano competition (Vienna, Moscow, Budapest, Pretoria, Paris).

In 1990 Mr. Stuppner played a concert for the Pope with the oratorio "Passion". In 1992 he was awarded with the International Artprize le Muse", Florence. In 1994 Hubert Stuppner was awarded with the "Wurdigungspreis fur Musik" of the Austrian ministry of culture.