1954
Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, on December 6th
1960
Piano lessons at the Schaffhausen Conservatory
1975
Moved to Vienna, where he studied conducting with Otmar Suitner and composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati at the Vienna School of Music and the Performing Arts
1984
Prizewinner at the »Young Generation in Europe« composition competition (Cologne, Venice, Paris)
1985
Founded the Vienna Klangforum, serving as its artistic director until July 1992
1989
Opera »Die Blinden« premièred at the »Wien modern« festival Prizewinner at the Young Composers Forum in Cologne
1991
»Face de la Chaleur« for flute and orchestra premièred at the Vienna Musikverein, conducted by Claudio Abbado
1992-
Professor of composition at the Graz School of Music and the Performing Arts
1992
Grant-in-aid from the Siemens Foundation
1993
Music Prize of the City of Duisburg
1994
Opera »Narcissus« premièred at the Graz Opera during the Styrian Autumn Festival
1996
Concerto »Nuun« premièred at the Salzburg Festival Composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival
1998
Premières of »spur« for piano and string quartet in Vienna and »still« for instrumental ensemble and piano in Zürich
1999
Premiere of the sound theatre piece "Stimme allein" [Solo voice] at the Bonn Opera
»Quartet« for four percussionists premièred at the Düsseldorf Opera
2001
Concert premiere of the music theatre piece "BEGEHREN" [Desire] in Graz at the Styrian Autumn Festival
Premiere of "Orpheus' Bücher" [Orpheus’s Books] for chorus and orchestra at Donaueschingen
2003
First staged performance of the music theatre piece »BEGEHREN« in Graz Premiere of the opera "invocation" at the Zürich Opera
2004
Music Prize of the city of Vienna 2003
2005
Premiere of the sound theatre piece "FAMA" in a specially-constructed acoustic room at the Donaueschingen Music Festival
since 2005
Appointed member of Academy of the Arts, Berlin, section music
2006
Golden Lion for "FAMA" at the Venice Biennale Premiere of the orchestral work "PHAOS" in Stuttgart
since 2006 guest lecturer in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst [College of Music and Performing Arts] in Frankfurt am Main
2007
Premiere of the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra at WDR [West German Radio] Cologne
Furrer lives in Kritzendorf near Vienna
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