Edwin Fischer

Edwin Fischer ( born October 6, 1886 in Basel, † January 24, 1960 in Zurich, citizens of Weggis ) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and music educator who was especially known for his interpretations of Bach and Beethoven.

He was a pupil of Martin Krause, who in turn was a pupil of Franz Liszt.

Life

After studies in Basel, he was first a student and nine years later became a teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. From 1914 on, he worked as a teacher at the music institute for foreigners in Potsdam, where he exercised a great influence on young pianists around the world with the guidance of the "Summer Schools ". In 1919 he married in Berlin, the banker's daughter and later actress Eleonora von Mendelssohn, 1925, the marriage ended in divorce. 1931-1942 Fischer worked in Berlin as a lecturer at the Academy of Music; During this time he also founded a private chamber orchestra and liked the Nazi regime by its decidedly " German " attitude, which was partly responsible for his success in Germany. Fischer has been involved in the rescue of the Jewish musician Konrad bar. After the destruction of his home in Berlin in 1942, he returned to Switzerland and took in Hertenstein at Weggis residence. He joined, among others, at the Lucerne Festival and 1955 as a conductor. Because of his health he was then only occasionally teach at the Conservatory of Lucerne and finally died in 1960 in a Zurich hospital.

He undertook concert tours throughout Europe as a soloist, with his chamber orchestra or in a trio with the violinist Georg Kulenkampff ( after his death, Wolfgang Schneiderhan ) and the cellist Enrico Mainardi. A close artistic friendship association Fischer also with the composer and conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, whose piano concerto he played the solo part in the premiere in 1937.

Fischer wrote a study of JS Bach, whose piano works he published new. His attitude to his art is evident from a remark that is mentioned in his musical considerations, "Not I play, play it. "

In 1923 he took up twelve pieces for the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano that have been newly published in 2010. Fischer was the first pianist who recorded the entire Well-Tempered Clavier (48 preludes and fugues of JS Bach ) for a recording session ( 1933-1936 ). Interpretation of historic significance are next to, above all his recordings of the piano sonatas of Beethoven.

It was founded in 1928 by an honorary doctorate from the University of Cologne (Dr. iur. Hc ) honored in 1956 by one of the University of Basel ( Dr. phil. Hc ). He was wearing the Order of Arts and Sciences of Mecklenburg -Strelitz.

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References and Notes

Musical interpretation Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist) Paul Badura-Skoda Peter Schneider (writer) Neue Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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