Ursula Holliger

Swiss Harp Virtuoso

Swiss classical harp player and educator, born 8 June 1937 in Basel, Switzerland and died 21 January 2014 in Basel, Switzerland. She was married to Heinz Holliger. She studied in Basel and Brussels. She has appeared as a soloist all over Europe, the USA and in Japan. She has performed with many orchestras including the Concertgebouw-Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra and "I Musici". Countless contemporary works have been dedicated to her or were first performed by her (F. Martin, H.W. Henze, E. Krenek, A. Jolivet, T. Takemitsu, E. Denisow, H. Holliger, K. Huber and others). She has made several records with harp compositions from every age of music.