Marie-Louise Dähler is a Swiss
harpsichordist
A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord. Harpsichordists may play as soloists, as accompanists, as chamber musicians, or as members of an orchestra, or some combination of these roles. Solo harpsichordists may play unaccompanied son ...
. As such, she is a
basso continuo player, chamber music partner and soloist with a focus on improvisation.
Life
Dähler grew up in
Bern in a family of musicians. She began playing the
harpsichord at the age of five.
She studied pedagogy at the LehrerInnenseminar Muristalden in Bern, and harpsichord with her father,
Jörg Ewald Dähler, at the
Hochschule der Künste Bern, graduating with a diploma as a harpsichord pedagogue.
She studied further at the Musikakademie St. Gallen,
and with Johann Sonnleitner
at the
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich ...
, graduating with a concert diploma.
She passed her diplomas with distinction.
Together with
Wolfgang Schulz, solo flutist of the
Vienna Philharmonic
The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world.
The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
, she recorded
Bach's flute sonatas.
Since 1999, she has collaborated with the Swiss violinist
Paul Giger
Paul Giger (born 1952 in Herisau, Switzerland), is a Swiss violinist and composer. He plays contemporary classical music, jazz, and free improvised music, and specializes in extended techniques.
He has released six CDs on the ECM label and co ...
. She performs regularly as a soloist and in
chamber music ensembles. She has also worked as a music teacher, in St. Gallen from 2004.
Recordings
* ''Changements'',
Rudolf Kelterborn
Rudolf Kelterborn (3 September 1931 – 24 March 2021) was a Swiss musician and composer.
Life
Born in Basel, Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg, and Zürich, among other places, with the composers Walther Geiser, Willy Burkhard, B ...
, München / Col-Legno 1995
* ''Towards silence'', with Paul Giger, ECM-Records-Verlag, Gräfelfing / Universal Music, Berlin 2007
Paul Giger/Marie-Louise Dähler: Towards Silence (ECM New Series 2014)
ecmreviews.com 8 June 2012
References
External links
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Marie-Louise Dähler on Webarchiv
Swiss harpsichordists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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