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Hansheinz Schneeberger

Hansheinz Schneeberger (16 October 1926 – 23 October 2019) was a Swiss violinist.

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. Schneeberger was the soloist in the premieres of Frank Martin’s violin concerto in 1952, Béla Bartók’s first violin concerto in 1958…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Switzerland
Born
October 16th, 1926
Died
October 23rd, 2019
Labels
ECM Records
ECM New Series
Last updated: October 26th, 2019

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