‘Joueurs de Flute’, Dominique on the left and Anne, his wife, 5th from left

Works played or commissioned by Dominique and Anne Hunziker:

• Flötenspieler und Fledermäuse
• Koauau
• Der Wal

Dominique and I met when he played in the concert organised by Dominik Blum which premiered my Dies irae and in which Dominique also played Flötenspieler und Fledermäuse. Thereafter he played that work several other times including at the concert for my retirement from the Zurich Conservatory in 2002.

The special work commissioned by Dominique for his flute octet-group joueurs de flûte is described under Koauau. This work was played in several European countries and also in Japan.

Later Dominique's wife, Anne, also a flute player and a member of joueurs de flûte, in her capacity as a member of the Aarau music teachers union commissioned a work for young people: Der Wal for spoken chorus and piano duet.