Adrian Aeschbacher
Adrian Aeschbacher (10 May 1912 in Langenthal, Switzerland – 9 November 2002 in Zurich) was a Swiss classical pianist. His father was Carl Aeschbacher. His youth was spent at Trogen where his father was professor of piano at the Conservatoire, and his father was his instructor from the age of four to sixteen. His teachers were Emil Frey (at the Zürich Conservatory) and Volkmar Andreae. He then continued his studies for two years intensively with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and began his performing career in 1934. He became famous as an interpreter of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Aeschbacher also performed and left recordings of works by Othmar Schoeck, Arthur Honegger, Heinrich Sutermeister and Walter Lang. He recorded for Decca among other labels. From 1965 until 1977 he taught at the Hochschule des Saarlandes fur Musik in Saarbrücken. Aeschbacher's notable students included Anna Renfer and Peter Schmalfuss. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 10, 1912 (Langenthal), Died November 9, 2002 (Zürich)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | DGG 6052 | 8/5/1953 | Quintet in A Major for piano and strings, Op. 114, part 1 | Adrian Aeschbacher ; Rudolf Koeckert ; Josef Merz ; Franz Ortner ; Oskar Riedl | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | DGG 6053 | 8/5/1953 | Quintet in A Major for piano and strings, Op. 114, part 2 | Adrian Aeschbacher ; Rudolf Koeckert ; Josef Merz ; Franz Ortner ; Oskar Riedl | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Aeschbacher, Adrian," accessed October 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116259.
Aeschbacher, Adrian. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116259.
"Aeschbacher, Adrian." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Aeschbacher, Adrian, 1912-2002 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91012470
Wikidata: Adrian Aeschbacher - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q372293
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/74039893
MusicBrainz: Adrian Aeschbacher - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d37189a-7cf3-4464-8a31-19d91fdf350f
ISNI: 0000 0000 7839 6050 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000078396050
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