Jean-Marie Auberson (May 2, 1920 – July 4, 2004) was a Swiss conductor and violinist.

Early life and education

Auberson was born in Chavornay,

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; his father, François Auberson, was a farmer. He studied

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and

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at the

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, graduating in 1943 with a license to teach violin. He subsequently studied conducting with

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in 1950–51 and from 1956 to 1960 under

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and

Carl Schuricht Carl Adolph Schuricht (; 3 July 18807 January 1967) was a German conductor. Life and career Schuricht was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), German Empire; his father's family had been respected organ-builders. His mother, Amanda Wusinowska, a widow soo ...

Career

He was engaged as a violinist by the

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (OCL, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra) is a Swiss chamber orchestra of around 40 musicians based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It has a vast repertoire, from the earliest baroque to contemporary premieres. The founder Vi ...

in 1943, and in 1946 moved to the

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the OSR performs as the opera orchestra in productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. History Er ...

as a violist. He began his career as a conductor in 1951, as second conductor at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, where he remained until 1956. He then became conductor at Radio Beromünster (now

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until 1962, and at the

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of Saint-Gallen from 1962 to 1968. From 1968 to 1973, he was conductor for French repertoire and ballet at the

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, and from 1972 to 1975 conductor of the Basel radio symphony orchestra. He also conducted many productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 1966 onward. He conducted the premieres of a number of contemporary works, many broadcast by Radio Lausanne, and recorded with the Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra and the Geneva Baroque Orchestra, among others.

Personal life and death

With his wife Antoinette Moulin, a pianist, Auberson had daughter , a soprano, and sons , a singer and percussionist, and , a jazz saxophonist and composer. He died in Draguignan, Var (département), Var, France.

References

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