Fritz Hauser

Fritz Hauser
Joëlle Léandre (standing) and Fritz Hauser with Quartet Noir in Weikersheim Castle
Background information
Origin	Basel, Switzerland
Genres	Contemporary classical music
Occupation(s)	Musician, Composer
Instrument(s)	Drums, marimba
Website	Fritz Hauser.ch/

Fritz Hauser (born March 29, 1953, Basel) is a Swiss drummer, percussionist and composer from Basel, Switzerland. He began playing as a drummer while a teenager, and then studied as a classical percussionist at the City of Basel Music Academy. In 1972 he joined the Swiss symphonic-rock band Circus with whom he toured and recorded albums over the next eight years. In 1980 he began performing medieval music as part of a duo and also worked in pit orchestras theaters and as a drummer in circus bands. In 1982 he joined the resident band of a Swiss radio station, and in 1983 he began performing and touring internationally and recording as a solo artist. In 1986 he organized percussion group Schlagzeugspektakel, which consisted of a total of 41 drummers, all from Basel. The group toured Switzerland and was heard on Swiss radio. He subsequently has performed and recorded in a variety of trios and quartets.

Principal compositions

• On Time and Space (for 50 cymbals)
• Die Klippe (for marimba and 3 cymbals)
• Der Pendler (for drum kit)
• Le souvenir (for 4 snare drums, 2 triangles, bass drum and sports bag)
• Musique pour les bains thermaux de Vals (Grisons) (musical stones)

Discography

With Joe McPhee

• Linear B (Hat Hut, 1990)

External links

• Personal site