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Rudolf am Bach , b. Aeschbacher (born June 6, 1919 in Trogen , † March 6, 2004 in Zurich ) was a Swiss pianist and music teacher .

Life

Rudolf am Bach changed his original family name Aeschbacher in 1941 to avoid confusion with his two brothers Adrian and Niklaus, who also played an important role in concert life. He received his first piano lessons from his father Carl Aeschbacher (1886–1944), who was music director in Trogen and choirmaster in Zurich and who became well known as a composer and arranger. Later studied at Bach at the Zurich Conservatory with Emil Frey and in London with the famous Liszt student Frédéric Lamond .

In 1940, Am Bach won 1st prize at the 2nd Concours de Genève . This award opened up an international career for him. Am Bach subsequently performed as a virtuoso and chamber musician in many European countries and impressed with his virtuosity, his ease of playing and his extremely large, diverse repertoire .

Am Bach was particularly committed to the new Swiss music. There are sound documents of him with world premieres by well-known Swiss composers, such as B. the Concerto da camera by Peter Mieg or the Petite symphonie concertante by Frank Martin . He also played numerous unknown piano works such as B. by Otto and Julius Reubke .

Am Bach was a founding member of the Zurich Trio and the New Zurich Piano Trio . For almost 50 years from 1939 to 1987 he worked as a teacher at the Winterthur Conservatory .

In literature he is u. a. described as "a great virtuoso of just as great musical cold" .

literature

  • Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present. General encyclopedia of music. Volume 15. Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3761804105 , page 44/45 ( excerpt ).
  • International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003. Europa Publications, page 15 ( digitized version ).
  • David M. Cummings: International who's who in music and musicians' directory. Melrose Press, 2000, p.11.
  • Men of achievement. Volume 7. Melrose Press, 1980.
  • Ludvig Ernst Bramsen (Ed.): Musikkens hvem hvad hvor. Biography Volume 1. Politikens håndbøger - Politikens musikbibliotek, Politikens forlag, 1961.
  • Alfred Zimmerlin: An old school pianist. On the death of Rudolf am Bach. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 23, 2004.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commons . Issues 46–47. Verlag J. Thorbecke, 1995, page 172 ( limited preview in Google book search)
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Rudolf am
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aeschbacher, Rudolf am (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Trogen
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2004
Place of death Zurich