Education
Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, piano with Warren Thew and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, theorie and composition with Rudolf Kelterborn.
Born in Aarau, Schlumpf studied at the conservatory of Zurich, the clarinet with Hansjürg Leuthold, piano with Warren Thew and Evelyne Dubourg, conducting with Ferdinand Leitner, theorie and composition with Rudolf Kelterborn.
He continued his studies with Boris Blacher in Berlin. From 1977 to 2011 he was professor of music theory and improvisation at the Departement Musik of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK, formerly Musikhochschule). He served the department as Konventspräsident from 1999 to 2010.
1972 First prize in the composition competition of Zurich.