Hansheinz Schneeberger
Hansheinz Schneeberger (Bern, 16 October 1926 – Basel, 23 October 2019) was a Swiss violinist. Hansheinz Schneeberger was born in Bern, he studied under Walter Kägi at the conservatory in Bern, as well as Carl Flesch and Boris Kamensky. He formed a string quartet and gave concerts with it and as a soloist.
Hansheinz Schneeberger
- Born
- Hansheinz Schneeberger was born on 16 October 1926. · Bern.
- Died
- Hansheinz Schneeberger died on 23 October 2019. · Basel.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- violinist · musician · concertmaster
- Fields
- classical music
- Honours
- Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
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Hansheinz Schneeberger (Bern, 16 October 1926 – Basel, 23 October 2019) was a Swiss violinist. Hansheinz Schneeberger was born in Bern, he studied under Walter Kägi at the conservatory in Bern, as well as Carl Flesch and Boris Kamensky. He formed a string quartet and gave concerts with it and as a soloist.
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Schneeberger was the soloist in the premieres of Frank Martin’s violin concerto in 1952, Béla Bartók’s first violin concerto in 1958 and Klaus Huber’s ‘Tempora’ in 1970. He played a Stradivari violin from 1731 he acquired in 1959 by the luthier Pierre Gerber in Lausanne. His readings of the six Bach unaccompanied sonatas and partitas (BWV. 1001/6) recorded in 1987 (Jecklin JS 266/7-2) are highly distinguished, both stylistically and expressively.
Hansheinz Schneeberger is recorded with the occupation concertmaster. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as violinist, musician and concertmaster.
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1926
Hansheinz Schneeberger was born on 16 October 1926.
2019
Hansheinz Schneeberger died on 23 October 2019.
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Hansheinz Schneeberger was born at Bern.
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Hansheinz Schneeberger died at Basel.
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Hansheinz Schneeberger was born in Bern.
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Hansheinz Schneeberger died in Basel.
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