Adrian Aeschbacher (10 May 1912 – 9 November 2002) was a

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Biography

Aeschbacher was born on 10 May 1912 in Langenthal, Switzerland. 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.Sleevenote, Adrian Aeschbacher, Schubert "Wanderer" Fantasia etc., Deutsche Grammophon DGM 19001 (Heliodor, London). His teachers were Emil Frey (at the

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Conservatory) and Volkmar Andreae. He then continued his studies for two years intensively with

Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-born classical pianist, composer and Pedagogy, pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th ...

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and began his performing career in 1934. He became famous as an interpreter of

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and

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

. Aeschbacher also performed and left recordings of works by Othmar Schoeck,

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, 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. He died on 9 November 2002 in

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* 1912 births 2002 deaths Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Saar People from Oberaargau District Swiss classical pianists People from Langenthal Pupils of Artur Schnabel 20th-century Swiss classical pianists {{classical-pianist-stub