Notable faculty and alumni Lausanne Conservatory

1 notable faculty , alumni

1.1 hemu directors
1.2 hemu faculty
1.3 hemu alumni

notable faculty , alumni
hemu directors

1861–1905: gustavus adolphus koella
1905–1908: Émile-robert blanchet (1877–1943), pianist
1908–1921: jules nicati (1873–1939)
1921–1941: charles troyon (1867–1948)
1941–1957: alfred pochon (fr) (1878–1959), violinist , musicologist
1957–1967: carlo hemmerling (de) (1903–1967)
1967–1968: edmond defrancesco (interim)
1968–1972: rainer bösch (born 1938), composer
1972–1983: michel rochat
1984–1998: jean-jacques rapin (de) (1932-2015)
1998–2001: olivier cuendet
2001–2010: pierre wavre
since 2010: hervé klopfenstein (fr) (1957-), conductor, theory, flutist †


pierre amoyal, in conservatory of lausanne.


hemu faculty

roger bobo (born 1938), low-brass virtuoso
1947–1960: hans haug (1900–1967), composer
1904–1917: Émile-robert blanchet (1877–1943), pianist
1973–1990: ayla erduran (tr) (born 1934)
current: jorge viladoms, pianist
1950s: herbert von karajan
2005–2010: david bruchez, trombone
pierre amoyal (born 1949), violinist
current: jean-françois antonioli (born 1959), pianist, head of piano department †
marçal cervera (de) (born 1928), cellist
guy fallot (born 1927), cellist
1949: paul kletzki (1900–1973), conductor
alfred cortot (1877–1962), conductor , pianist (taught several master classes after wwii)
muriel rochat rienth (de) (born 1971), recorder (teaches in fribourg)
andré de ribaupierre (de) (1893–1955), violinist
edmond appia (fr) (1994–1961), violinist, conductor

hemu alumni

jean-françois antonioli (born 1959), pianist (diploma , 1st prize in 1977)
constantin brăiloiu (1893–1958), composer , ethnomusicologist
brice catherin (born 1981), cellist
caroline charrière (born 1960), composer, flautist
charles dutoit (born 1936), conductor (studied herbert von karajan in 1955)
guy fallot (fr) (born 1927), cellist (studied @ conservatory 1934 1938; earning 1st prize in 1938) †
rudolph ganz (1877-1972), composer , conductor
eduardo hubert, pianist
boris mersson (de) (1921–2013), pianist , composer
pat nye (1908–1994), studied music, became actress
tedi papavrami (born 1971), violinist (graduated 1987)
joseph payne (1937–2008); organist, harpsichordist
louis schwizgebel-wang (born 1987), pianist
jorge uliarte (born 1962), conductor
marcello viotti (1954–2005), cellist, pianist, conductor
martin wendel nl:martin wendel(nl) (born 1925), composer, flutist, pedagog
julien-françois zbinden (de) (1917-), pioneer jazz pianist (1938), composer

note: † signifies alumni , faculty