Niklaus Aeschbacher
Niklaus Aeschbacher (30 April 1917 – 30 November 1995) was a Swiss composer and conductor.
Born in
canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden as the son of Carl Aeschbacher, he studied music in Zürich and Berlin. After a post as conductor in Bern he became the chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo in 1954. but returned to Bern two years later. In 1964, he accepted a post in Detmold
, where he taught at the music academy from 1972 to 1982.
Between 1930 and 1950, he wrote one opera, Die roten Schuhe, for the Swiss radio station DRS and a few pieces for orchestra, but also some chamber music.
Sources
- Biographical note at Zentralbibliothek Zürich (in German)
- Ingrid Bigler-Marschall (2005). "Niklaus Aeschbacher". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). OCLC 62309181.
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