Émile-Robert Blanchet (17 July 1877 in Lausanne,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

– 27 March 1943 in Pully,

) was a French-speaking Swiss pianist,

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and mountaineer.

Life

He was taught by his father, the

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ist of a cathedral in Lausanne, Charles Blanchet, a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, and Hauptmann.left-hand-brofeldt.dk
April 14th 2011 Later he attended Cologne Conservatory and was a pupil of Busoni in Weimar and Berlin. Later he was professor of piano 1904-1917, then director 1905-1908 of the

Lausanne Conservatory The Haute école de musique de Lausanne (HEMU, known as Institute of Advanced Musical Studies prior to 2010, founded in 1861 as Conservatoire de Lausanne) is a Swiss music school located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of Switzerland. ...

. He continued teaching there until 1917. In 1917 he resigned and spent time on climbing on which he would write 2 books. He composed a lot of pieces, especially for piano.

Recordings

* On ''Kaleidoscope'' Marc-André HamelinCaroline Benser ''At the Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianists'' 2011 - Page 81 "Émile-Robert Blanchet..". There is a CD a
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where a piece of his is recorded.

References

External links

Émile Robert Blanchet
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List of compositions

A biography about him
Swiss pianists Swiss composers Swiss male composers Musicians from Lausanne 1877 births 1943 deaths Male pianists Academic staff of Lausanne Conservatory {{switzerland-composer-stub