Jürg Wyttenbach was a Swiss composer, pianist, and conductor born in Switzerland in 1935. Wyttenbach studied at the University of the Arts Bern, the Conservatoire de Paris, and the Hochschule für Musik Niedersachsen. As a pianist, they performed with orchestras including the Dresden Philharmonic and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and they conducted ensembles such as Ensemble Modern and Klangforum Wien. Wyttenbach taught at the City of Basel Music Academy from 1967 to 2003. Their compositions include the musical pieces “Lamentoroso” (1964) and “De Metalli les Prophéties de Leonardo da Vinci” (1981). They received the Grand Prix du Disque and the German Critics' Award for their recordings of the works of Giacinto Scelsi. Wyttenbach was awarded the Basel Art Prize in 1993 and the Swiss Music Prize in 2017. Wyttenbach died in 2021.
