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
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 May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116259.

Aeschbacher, Adrian. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116259.

"Aeschbacher, Adrian." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116259

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