Johnny Aubert (real name:John Adolphe Aubert) (11 November 1889 – 1 May 1954) was a Swiss classical pianist and music educator.

Life

Aubert was born on 11 November 1889 in Geneva as ''John Adolphe Aubert'' in a family of musicians. He studied at the

Conservatoire de musique de Genève A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

with Oscar Schulz and

Marie Panthès Marie Panthès (3 November 1871 – 11 March 1955) was a French pianist, specializing in romantic piano, especially the interpretation of the works of Frédéric Chopin. Life Panthès was born in Odessa (Russian Empire) of French parents. She ...

and graduated in 1909 with distinction for "excellence" and a Liszt Prize. In the following years he won an international piano competition in Paris organised by the magazine ''Musica'' and received a grand piano from the

Gaveau Gaveau of Paris was a French piano manufacturer. The company was established by Joseph Gabriel Gaveau in 1847 in Paris and was one of the three largest piano makers in France (after Érard and Pleyel). Its factory was located at Fontenay-sous-Bois ...

house as a prize.

Concerts activity

After his studies he gave many concerts in Switzerland and abroad. In 1921 he was engaged as a soloist for 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 ...

with whom he played piano concertos by

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

and

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

. With the

Orchestre Lamoureux The Orchestre Lamoureux () officially known as the Société des Nouveaux-Concerts and also known as the Concerts Lamoureux) is an orchestral concert society which once gave weekly concerts by its own orchestra, founded in Paris by Charles Lamoureu ...

he played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. With the violinist

Francis MacMillen Francis Rea MacMillen (14 October 1885, in Marietta, Ohio – 14 July 1973, in Lausanne) was an American violinist. At the age of seven, he began studying at Chicago Musical College, where his teacher was . From 1895 to 1899, he studied with (a ...

he made a concert tour through Europe and the United States. In his last years his hearing decreased. Nevertheless he played many more concerts and piano recitals. Obstructed by the paralysis of his arm, Aubert played for the last time in public on 31 January 1954. Aubert died in Geneva at age 65.

Pedagogic activity

From 1912 he was professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève, where he taught for forty years. Among his students was the composer and harpsichordist

Andrei Volkonsky Prince Andrei Mikhaylovich Volkonsky (also ''Andrey, André, Mikhailovich, Michailovich, Volkonski, Volkonskiy'') (russian: Андрей Михайлович Волконский; 14 February 1933 – 16 September 2008) was a Russian composer of cla ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubert, Johnny Swiss classical pianists 20th-century classical pianists Male classical pianists Swiss music educators 1889 births 1954 deaths Musicians from Geneva 20th-century male musicians

Life

Concerts activity

Pedagogic activity

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