Rita Wolfensberger

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Rita Wolfensberger (born May 28, 1928 in Schaffhausen ; † February 22, 2020 there ) was a Swiss pianist , music teacher and music critic .

Life

Wolfensberger studied piano with Elsa Burkhard at the Winterthur Conservatory . She then completed the Diplôme de Virtuosité at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and attended master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. In addition, she studied piano with Guido Agosti and Anna Hirzel-Langenhan and harpsichord with Barbara Vignanelli at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Wolfensberger played as a soloist in Switzerland, Italy and France. She played in Trio Motawo , Duo Wolfensberger (with her sister) and Trio Klemm. She also worked with the singer Willy Spitz and worked as a music teacher.

She was a reviewer for the Schaffhauser Nachrichten , the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Landbote . She worked in the Swiss Music Education Association (SMPV). From 1962 she was on the board and from 1983 to 1987 she was president and head of examinations at SMPV Schaffhausen . In addition, she was a member of the board of SMPV Switzerland from 1977 to 1993 . She was a state expert for diploma exams at the conservatories in Zurich, Winterthur, Bern and Schaffhausen. The forum for contemporary music (Musica Viva) was under her leadership.

Since 1961 she was also a member of Zonta International .

Honors and prizes

  • Honorary member of the SMPV Switzerland and the SMPV Schaffhausen
  • Werner Amsler Prize (2011)

Publications

literature

  • Adrian Gaster: International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory . Melrose Press, 8th Edition, Cambridge 1977, p. 935.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Billeter: In memory of Rita Wolfensberger (1928-2020). In: Swiss music newspaper. March 25, 2020.
  2. Simon Burr: Rita Wolfensberger: A life for music. In: Schaffhauser Nachrichten. June 18, 2008.