Felix Hauswirth, Guest Conductor

早年於瑞士盧塞恩音樂學院研習指揮技巧及音樂理論。1983年於美國密芝根大學擔任為期一個學期的客席教授。1985年被委任為瑞士巴塞爾音樂學院指揮系教授，同時於德國、意大利等多所音樂學院任教。

1983年創辦瑞士國立青年管樂團，並出任指揮達十年之久。在指揮生涯中曾多次應邀或親自帶領自己所創立的樂團前往歐洲、遠東地區、南非、日本、澳洲、南美、美國等地作演出、錄音及現場廣播等，得到同行的一致讚許。

1998至2011年間擔任德國塞新根班迪斯音樂學院指揮課程主管，2000至2009年間任教於意大利特蘭度歐洲高等學院。自2008年起於葡萄牙里斯本皮亞傑學院擔任客座教授。Hauswirth先生現時為德國巴登．符騰堡青年管樂團及楚格管樂團之指揮、瑞士烏斯特國際音樂節（近代音樂）之藝術總監，並且於1997-2001年當選世界管樂協會之主席。曾親自撰寫多部著作，主要為研究管樂指揮技巧及管樂合奏之文獻。

2009年獲美國芝加哥中西部管樂及管弦樂國際交流會頒發“器樂音樂教育傑出貢獻獎”。

Felix Hauswirth earned his degree in conducting and theory at the Lucerne Conservatory of Music in Switzerland. In 1983, he was guest professor for one semester at the University of Michigan in Flint, USA. In 1985, he was appointed professor of conducting at the Basel Conservatory, Switzerland.
In 1983, Mr. Hauswirth founded the Swiss National Youth Wind Ensemble and conducted this ensemble until 1993. As guest conductor and with his own ensembles, he has performed in several countries in Europe, Asia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and South America and in several places in the USA and Canada. He has conducted many recordings and broadcasts with different ensembles and has received acclaim from conductors and composers from Europe, United States and Asia for his CD’s.
As clinician he is regularly invited all over the world. From 1998 - 2011 Mr. Hauswirth has been head of the wind band conducting course at the Bundes-Academy in Trossingen, Germany and from 2000 - 2009 he taught at the Istituto Superiore Europeo Bandistico (I.S.E.B.) in Trento, Italy.
From 1993 – 2000, Mr. Hauswirth was the Artistic Director for the International Festival for Contemporary Music in Uster, Switzerland. He was President of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) from 1997 - 2001. Since 2008, he has been guest professor at the Instituto Piaget in Lisbon, Portugal and currently is the conductor of the Baden-Württemberg Youth Wind Ensemble, Germany and the Zug Wind Orchestra, Switzerland. He is the author of several books, mainly on conducting and on wind ensemble literature.

In December 2009 Felix Hauswirth received in Chicago the “Midwest Clinic International Award“ in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions and Dedication to Instrumental Music Education.