Rudolf Baumgartner
Rudolf Baumgartner (14 September 1917 – 22 March 2002) was a Swiss conductor, violinist and music educator. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Baumgartner earned degrees in music from the University of Zurich and the Zurich Conservatory. At the latter institution he was a pupil of Stefi Geyer and Paul Müller-Zürich. After completing these studies, he pursued further violin training privately with Carl Flesch in Paris and Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Vienna. He later co-founded the Lucerne Festival Strings with Schneiderhan in 1956.[1]
In the 1950s Baumgartner recorded the complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord[clarification needed] of J. S. Bach with the Austrian harpsichordist Isolde Ahlgrimm for Phillips,[citation needed] although the masters have been lost. In 1954 he joined the faculty of the Lucerne Conservatory as a professor of violin, and later became the director of that institution in 1960. From 1969 through 1980 he was also artistic director of the Lucerne Festival.[1]
Baumgartner died in Siena, Italy, on 22 March 2002.[1]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rudolf Baumgartner discography at Discogs
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