Edith Fischer
{{Short description|Chilean pianist}}
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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
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Fischer 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.{{cite web |title=Edith Fischer: "La música verdaderamente importante llega, nadie queda indiferente" « Diario y Radio U Chile |url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2019/12/25/edith-fischer-la-musica-verdaderamente-importante-llega-nadie-queda-indiferente/ |website=radio.uchile.cl |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=es-ES}}{{cite web |title=Elena Waiss (1908-1988) : : una mujer en la música chilena. |url=https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/6693 |website=repositorio.uc.cl |publisher=Repositorio UC -- Dirección de Bibliotecas UC |access-date=31 August 2021 |date=1999}}
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.{{cite web |title=Festival Internacional Piano Málaga - Edith Fischer |url=https://www.fipma.es/Eduardus_Halim.x.htm |website=fipma.es |publisher=Festival Internacional Piano Málaga |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=en}}
Between 1952 and 1954, Fischer 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."{{cite news |last1=Gallegos |first1=Álvaro |title=Edith Fischer: "Arrau nos inculcó que no había que imitar" |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2018/11/21/edith-fischer-claudio-arrau/ |access-date=31 August 2021 |work=La Tercera |date=21 November 2018 |language=es}} She was also a student of the pianist Dinu Lipatti.{{cite web |title=Edith Fischer – Centro DAE |url=http://www.centrodae.cl/wp_cdae/?p=1382 |website=centrodae.cl |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=es}}
Fischer has toured South and North America, as well as India, Israel, and Japan. She is also a soloist in international orchestras. She has performed the cycle of Beethoven 32 sonatas as well as the complete piano work of Maurice Ravel.{{cite web |title=Edith Fischer |url=https://www.ypf.nl/en/jury-member/edith-fischer/ |website=Young Pianist Foundation |access-date=31 August 2021}} The complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas has been performed 12 times live.{{cite news |title=Edith Fischer, en la Argentina |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/edith-fischer-en-la-argentina-nid110007/ |access-date=31 August 2021 |work=La Nación |date=9 September 1998 |language=es-AR}}
In 1989, Fischer created the "International Piano Week Festival" in Blonay, Switzerland. In 2007, Fischer returned to live in Chile.{{cite news |author1=El Mercurio Online |title=Edith Fischer: "Claudio Arrau me legó el amor y respeto por la música" |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2008/05/29/306298/edith-fischer-claudio-arrau-me-lego-el-amor-y-respeto-por-la-musica.html |access-date=31 August 2021 |work=Emol.com |date=29 May 2008 |language=Spanish}} Her husband is the pianist, Jorge Pepi-Alos, with whom she forms a piano duo. Jorge Pepi-Alos, officiated the August 2021 festival season alone as his wife remained in Chile for health reasons.{{cite web |author1=Keystone ATS |title=La Semaine internationale de piano de retour à St-Légier-La Chiésaz |url=https://www.lfm.ch/actualite/suisse/romandie/vaud/la-semaine-internationale-de-piano-de-retour-a-st-legier-la-chiesaz/ |access-date=31 August 2021 |language=fr-FR |date=9 August 2021}}
Awards
Discography
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Starck: Violoncello. English Chamber Orchestra, Peter-Lukas Graf, Edith Fischer. Claves, 1975{{Cite web|title=Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Starck, English Chamber Orchestra, Peter-Lukas Graf, Edith Fischer – Cellowerke (1975, Vinyl)|language=es|url=https://www.discogs.com/Camille-Saint-Saëns-Claude-Starck-English-Chamber-Orchestra-Peter-Lukas-Graf-Edith-Fischer-Cellower/release/14187217|website=discogs.com}}
- Beethoven – Sonata No. 16 Op. 31,1, G Major / Sonata No. 17 Op. 31,2, D Minor. Claves, 1987{{Cite web|title=Beethoven, Edith Fischer – Sonata No. 16 Op. 31,1, G Major / Sonata No. 17 Op. 31,2, D Minor (1987, CD)|language=es|url=https://www.discogs.com/Beethoven-Edith-Fischer-Sonata-No-16-Op-311-G-Major-Sonata-No-17-Op-312-D-Minor/release/11344688|website=discogs.com}}
- Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Obras para piano. Claves, 1988{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Edith-Fischer-Klavier-Schumann-Mendelssohn-Brahms-Werke-F%C3%BCr-Klavier-Von/master/1800043|title=Edith Fischer ,Klavier Schumann*, Mendelssohn*, Brahms* - Werke Für Klavier Von|website=discogs.com|language=es}}
- The Complete Sonatas of Beethoven. Olympia, 1989{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/cbd739a7-2071-47af-af26-c6c0d9e59d45|title=Release "The Complete Sonatas of Beethoven, Volume Two" by Beethoven; Edith Fischer - MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org}}
- Ravel / Debussy. His Master's Voice{{Cite web|title=Edith Fischer, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy – Sonatine, Canope Etc (Vinyl)|language=es|url=https://www.discogs.com/Edith-Fischer-Maurice-Ravel-Claude-Debussy-Sonatine-Canope-Etc/release/12680105|website=discogs.com}}
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