Émile-Robert Blanchet

Émile-Robert Blanchet
Medallion on Blanchet's tombstone at the cemetery of Pully.

Émile-Robert Blanchet (17 July 1877 in Lausanne, Switzerland – 27 March 1943 in Pully, Switzerland)[1] was a French-speaking Swiss pianist, composer and mountaineer.[2]

Life

He was taught by his father, the organist of a cathedral in Lausanne, Charles Blanchet, a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, and Hauptmann.[3] Later he attended Cologne Conservatory and was a pupil of Busoni in Weimar and Berlin.[3][4] Later he was professor of piano 1904-1917, then director 1905-1908 of the Lausanne Conservatory.[5] He continued teaching there until 1917.

In 1917 he resigned and spent time on climbing on which he would write 2 books.[3] He composed a lot of pieces, especially for piano.[3]

Recordings

There is a CD at this address where a piece of his is recorded.

References

  1. ^ organ-biography.info, 14 July 2011
  2. ^ Eugène Rapin Histoire du Piano et des pianistes 1904 Page 480 "BLANCHET, EMILE, pianiste-compositeur de premier ordre. Né à Lausanne le 17 juillet 1877, Emile Blanchet fit ses études de piano et de composition sous la direction de son père, Charles Blanchet, ancien élève de Moscheles, Hauptmann,
  3. ^ a b c d left-hand-brofeldt.dk, April 14th 2011
  4. ^ Book in Google Books, April 14th 2011
  5. ^ Grigoriĭ Kogan, Svetlana Belsky Busoni as pianist - Page 148 "Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943) was a Swiss pianist and composer, and director of the Lausanne Conservatory. —Trans.]"
  6. ^ Caroline Benser At the Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianists 2011 - Page 81 "Émile-Robert Blanchet..".
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