Edith Fischer

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Jorge Pepi-Alos and Edith Fischer (2017)

Edith Fischer (born February 18, 1935) is a Chilean pianist. She is notable for her renditions of the full cycle of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, which she has performed live twelve times.

Biography[]

Zoltán Fisher, Edith Fisher, and Elena Waiss (l-r)

She was born in Santiago, on February 18, 1935. Her mother, Elena Waiss, played the piano and harpsichord, and her father, Zoltán Fischer (1910-1970), the violin. Likewise, her brother, Edgar Fischer, plays the cello; her nephew, Rodolfo, is a conductor; and her niece, Alicia, plays the violin.[1][2]

Fischer's mother was her first teacher. At age 12, she played Mozart's Piano Concerto in G major with an orchestra at the request of Hermann Scherchen, with the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile.[1][3]

Between 1952 and 1954, she was a student of Claudio Arrau in New York City, with a scholarship that she obtained to travel to the United States. About Arrau as a teacher, she points out: "Arrau as a teacher instilled in us that we should not imitate, but that each one had to find his own personality as a performer."[4] She was also a student of the pianist Dinu Lipatti.[5]

Fischer has toured South and North America, as well as India, Israel, and Japan. She is also a soloist in international orchestras.[3] She has performed the cycle of Beethoven 32 sonatas as well as the complete piano work of Maurice Ravel.[6] The complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas has been performed 12 times live.[7]

In 1989, she created the "International Piano Week Festival" in Blonay, Switzerland.[6] In 2007, Fischer returned to live in Chile.[8] Her husband is the pianist, Jorge Pepi-Alos,[4] with whom she forms a piano duo.[3] Jorge Pepi-Alos, officiated the August 2021 festival season alone as his wife remained in Chile due to health reasons.[9]

Awards[]

She is the recipient of the Dinu Lipatti award in London, and the first prize at the Munich International Competition.

Discography[]

  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Starck: Violoncello. English Chamber Orchestra, Peter-Lukas Graf, Edith Fischer. Claves, 1975[10]
  • Beethoven – Sonata No. 16 Op. 31,1, G Major / Sonata No. 17 Op. 31,2, D Minor. Claves, 1987[11]
  • Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Obras para piano. Claves, 1988[12]
  • The Complete Sonatas of Beethoven. Olympia, 1989[13]
  • Ravel / Debussy. His Master's Voice[14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Edith Fischer: "La música verdaderamente importante llega, nadie queda indiferente" « Diario y Radio U Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in European Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Elena Waiss (1908-1988) : : una mujer en la música chilena". repositorio.uc.cl. Repositorio UC -- Dirección de Bibliotecas UC. 1999. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Festival Internacional Piano Málaga - Edith Fischer". fipma.es. Festival Internacional Piano Málaga. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Gallegos, Álvaro (21 November 2018). "Edith Fischer: "Arrau nos inculcó que no había que imitar"". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Edith Fischer – Centro DAE". centrodae.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Edith Fischer". Young Pianist Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Edith Fischer, en la Argentina". La Nación (in Spanish). 9 September 1998. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  8. ^ El Mercurio Online (29 May 2008). "Edith Fischer: "Claudio Arrau me legó el amor y respeto por la música"". Emol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. ^ Keystone ATS (9 August 2021). "La Semaine internationale de piano de retour à St-Légier-La Chiésaz" (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Starck, English Chamber Orchestra, Peter-Lukas Graf, Edith Fischer – Cellowerke (1975, Vinyl)". discogs.com (in Spanish).
  11. ^ "Beethoven, Edith Fischer – Sonata No. 16 Op. 31,1, G Major / Sonata No. 17 Op. 31,2, D Minor (1987, CD)". discogs.com (in Spanish).
  12. ^ "Edith Fischer ,Klavier Schumann*, Mendelssohn*, Brahms* - Werke Für Klavier Von". discogs.com (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Release "The Complete Sonatas of Beethoven, Volume Two" by Beethoven; Edith Fischer - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org.
  14. ^ "Edith Fischer, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy – Sonatine, Canope Etc (Vinyl)". discogs.com (in Spanish).
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