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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Martin Schlumpf
Person · male · Switzerland · Aarau · born 1947
Swiss composer and jazz musician
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1940s
Biography
English biography216 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1280207876
Biography
Martin Schlumpf (born 3 December 1947) is a Swiss musician, composer, conductor, improviser (double bass, saxophone and bass clarinet) and academic teacher.
Career
Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, the piano with Warren Thew and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, and theory and composition with Rudolf Kelterborn. He continued his studies with Boris Blacher in Berlin.
From 1977 to 2011 he was professor of music theory and improvisation at the Departement Musik of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK, formerly Musikhochschule). He served the department as Konventspräsident from 1999 to 2010.
Selected recordings
Swiss Fusion 84 – Live (utr 4009 LP), 1984
Noblesse galvanisée (PL 1267-20/21 2LP), Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1985
Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck (utr 4038 CD), 1990
Cumuli (utr 4049 CD), Martin Schlumpf's Bermuda Viereck, 1992
Martin Schlumpf: Vier Jahreszeiten (Musikszene Schweiz CD 6129), 1996
Conlon Nancarrow – Martin Schlumpf: Die Kunst des Tempokanons (artist.cd, ARTS 8103 2), 2004
Timegrid_01 (tgmusic 47.101), Zweizeit, 2008
pulsar_1 (tgmusic 47.102 / ZHdK Records 15/09), Martin Schlumpf, 2009
Summer Circle (Navona Records, NV5873), 2012
Selected awards
1972 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
1975 First prize in the composition competition of the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich
1979 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich
Werkjahre of the Aargauer Kuratorium and Zürich
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Martin Schlumpf head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Schlumpf.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904941seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Schlumpfbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Schlumpf
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Lucia Degonda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1904941 · MusicBrainz: 351b64e9-9cf0-44a2-a692-fdebdac32aeb
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