Die Stille als Fluchtpunkt

Although rarely presenton public view, Hans Ulrich Lehmann has produced a remarkable compositional oeuvre, in which many original musical strategies are brought into play. The work has known a recent flowering due, in part, to the reduction of Lehmann's countless administrative, political and pedagogical obligations - especially his departure from the post of heardmaster of the Zürich Musikhochschule in 1998, which ser free his compositional energy. Michelle Ziegler offers here a sketch of the important moments of Lehmann's creative period during the last years and analyses new works such as "Silences" (2007/8), the "Voyages aud îles des vestiges" (2008/09) or the "Book of SOngs" (1998). [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]