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Aeschbacher
Aeschbacher, sometimes spelled Äschbacher, is a surname. People with this surname include: * Adrian Aeschbacher (1912–2002), Swiss pianist; son of Carl, brother of Niklaus * Carl Aeschbacher (1886–1944), Swiss composer; father of Adrian and Niklaus * Hans Aeschbacher (1906–1980), Swiss sculptor * Marianne Aeschbacher (b. 1970), French former synchronized swimmer * Niklaus Aeschbacher (1917–1995), Swiss conductor; son of Carl, brother of Adrian * Walther Aeschbacher (1901–1969), Swiss conductor and composer See also * Michael Aschbacher Michael George Aschbacher (born April 8, 1944) is an American mathematician best known for his work on finite groups. He was a leading figure in the completion of the classification of finite simple groups in the 1970s and 1980s. It later turned ... (born 1944), American mathematician with a similar name {{DEFAULTSORT:Aeschbacher Swiss-German surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Aeschbacher
Hans Aeschbacher (18 January 1906 – 27 January 1980) was a Swiss abstract sculptor. Personal life Aeschbacher was born in Zurich. Career Though originally trained as a printer, he taught himself to draw and paint. At the age of about 30 years old, he began to sculpt. His early works were predominantly terra-cotta and plaster, but by 1945, he was sculpting almost exclusively with stone. His earlier sculptures were very abstract and geometrical, and also quite large in size. In the mid-1950s, Aeschbacher began using mostly volcanic rock as a medium, and his sculptures became more fluid and smaller. By the late 1950s, his sculptures again became angular and large, with pieces as large as tall. His work ''Explorer I'' is located at the Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Aeschbacher
Adrian Aeschbacher (10 May 1912 in Langenthal, Switzerland – 9 November 2002 in Zurich) was a Swiss classical pianist. His father was Carl Aeschbacher. His youth was spent at Trogen where his father was professor of piano at the Conservatoire, and his father was his instructor from the age of four to sixteen.Sleevenote, Adrian Aeschbacher, Schubert "Wanderer" Fantasia etc., Deutsche Grammophon DGM 19001 (Heliodor, London). His teachers were Emil Frey (at the Zürich Conservatory) and Volkmar Andreae. He then continued his studies for two years intensively with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and began his performing career in 1934. He became famous as an interpreter of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Aeschbacher also performed and left recordings of works by Othmar Schoeck, Arthur Honegger, Heinrich Sutermeister and Walter Lang. He recorded for Decca among other labels. From 1965 until 1977 he taught at the Hochschule des Saarlandes fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Aeschbacher
Carl Aeschbacher (31 March 1886 in Bümpliz, Bern – 29 January 1944 in Zürich), sometimes also spelled "Äschbacher", was a Swiss choir leader and composer. His son Adrian Aeschbacher had some success as a classical pianist, and his other son, Niklaus Aeschbacher Niklaus Aeschbacher (30 April 1917 – 30 November 1995) was a Swiss composer and conductor. Born in Trogen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden as the son of Carl Aeschbacher, he studied music in Zürich and Berlin. After a post as conductor ..., became a conductor. References External links * 1886 births 1944 deaths Swiss composers Swiss male composers 20th-century male musicians {{switzerland-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Aeschbacher
Marianne Aeschbacher (born 10 December 1970 in Toulouse) is a French former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Career records ;Solo: :1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, 18th :1993 European Aquatics Championships, Sheffield, 2nd :1994 World Aquatics Championships, Rome, 6th :1995 European Aquatics Championships, Vienna, 2nd ;Duet: :1989 European Aquatics Championships, Bonn, 1st (with Karine Schuler) :1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, 5th (with Anne Capron) :1993 European Aquatics Championships, Sheffield, 2nd (with Céline Léveque) :1994 World Aquatics Championships, Rome, 4th (with Myriam Lignot) :1995 European Aquatics Championships, Vienna, 2nd (with Myriam Lignot) ;Team: :1987 European Aquatics Championships, Strasbourg, 1st :1989 European Aquatics Championships, Bonn, 1st :1993 European Aquatics Championships, Sheffield, 2nd :1995 European Aquatics Championships, Vienna, 2nd :1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklaus Aeschbacher
Niklaus Aeschbacher (30 April 1917 – 30 November 1995) was a Swiss composer and conductor. Born in Trogen in the 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, ', for the Swiss radio station DRS and a few pieces for orchestra, but also some chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb .... SourcesBiographical note at Zentralbibliothek Zürich * Swiss conductors (music) Male conductors (music) 1917 births 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Aeschbacher
Walther Gottlieb Aeschbacher (2 October 1901 – 6 December 1969) was a Swiss conductor and composer of classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also .... References 1901 births 1969 deaths Swiss male composers Swiss conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Musicians from Bern 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century male musicians 20th-century Swiss composers {{Switzerland-conductor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aschbacher
Michael George Aschbacher (born April 8, 1944) is an American mathematician best known for his work on finite groups. He was a leading figure in the completion of the classification of finite simple groups in the 1970s and 1980s. It later turned out that the classification was incomplete, because the case of quasithin groups had not been finished. This gap was fixed by Aschbacher and Stephen D. Smith in 2004, in a pair of books comprising about 1300 pages. Aschbacher is currently the Shaler Arthur Hanisch Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. Education and career Aschbacher received his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology in 1966 and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. He joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology in 1970 and became a full professor in 1976. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1978–79. He was awarded the Cole Prize in 1980, and was elected to the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
