Felix Werder
Felix Werder
Biography
Werder was born in
During the 1960s and early 1970s, Werder wrote seven operas, which were popularly received. His opera Private was commissioned for television by the ABC and was broadcast in 1969. He also wrote works for Deutsche Oper Berlin and Opera Australia among others.[7]
Werder lived in
Werder was appointed a
He formed the performance ensemble Australia Felix, which toured Europe and included Bruce Clarke, Merlyn Quaife, Brian Brown, Alex Grieve, Judy Easton, Tony Conolan, Kevin Makin and Peter Clinch.[10] For many years, during the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote music criticism for the Melbourne newspaper The Age.
On 24 February 2012 a concert was held at the
Werder died in Melbourne on 3 May 2012.[2] He was aged 90.
Personal life
Whilst in the army in 1944, he married Mena Waten, the sister of the novelist Judah Waten. In 1976, aged 54, he married the widowed Vera Phillip, whose first husband had been on the Dunera with Werder. Her family were also refugees from Europe in the 1930s.[5]
Operas
- Kisses for a Quid (1961)
- The General (1966)
- Agamemnon (1967)
- The Affair (1969)
- Private (1969)
- The Vicious Square (1971)
- The Conversion (1973)
- Medea (1985)
Discography
- 1973 LP Felix Werder's Banker, Discovery Stereos GYS 001 (Greg Young Production)
- 1974 LP Music by Felix Werder, Volume 2, Mopoke GYS 002 (Greg Young Production)
- 1977 LP Agamemnon[13]
- 1970s LP Requiem
- 1992 CD Machine Messages, ACMA Vol 1
- 2007 CD The Tempest/Electronic Music (reissue compilation[14])
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2004 |
Werder | Long-Term Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music[17] | Won |
Don Banks Music Award
The
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | Felix Werder | Don Banks Music Award | awarded |
References
- ^ a b "Werder, Felix, AM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ a b Resonate magazine
- ^ Opera Glass
- ^ "Archive of Australian Judaica". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Warren Burt, Obituary: "Champion of the new tweaked conservative noses", Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2016
- ^ "Felix Werder :: The Tempest/Electronic Music :: POGUS CD 21044-2".
- ^ "Australia Music profile". Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2006.
- ^ Julian Knowles, 'Liminal Electronic Musics: Post-Punk Experimentation in Australia in the 1970s-1980s', Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2008, QUT Digital Repository. Retrieved 5 May 2019
- ^ Green, Jonathan (12 November 1981). "Life Style TV Arts Entertainment: Models — Melbourne Pop with a Twitch". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 23. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Boss Publishing All Rights Reserved. "Bruce Clarke In Conversation". Guitarteacher.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "ABC Classic FM - Australian Music - Felix Werder at 90". Abc.net.au. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "ABC Classic FM - New Music Up Late - Happy Birthday Felix!". Abc.net.au. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "LP: Agamemnon / Felix Werder. : Product". Australian Music Centre. 1 June 1977. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
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- ^ "Classical Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "2004 Winners - Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Don Banks Music Award: Prize". Australian Music Centre. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017.