Jost Meier
{{Short description|Swiss composer and orchestra conductor (1939–2022)}}
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| birth_place = Solothurn, Switzerland
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| death_place = Basel, Switzerland
| nationality = Swiss
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| occupation = Composer
Orchestra conductor
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Jost Meier (15 March 1939 – 5 December 2022) was a Swiss composer and orchestra conductor.{{cite web|url=https://musinfo.ch/de/personen/alle/?pers_id=1291|title=Meier Jost|work=musinfo.ch|language=German}}
Biography
After he completed his studies in Solothurn, Meier studied cello at the Conservatory of Biel under {{ill|Rolf Looser|de}} and earned a diploma in teaching. He then played for multiple ensembles, including the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Camerata Bern.
Meier served as conductor of the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1979{{cite web|url=https://www.fetedesvignerons.ch/index.php?p=/1999/sub_nav/&s=auteurs_3|title=Jost Meier|work=Fête des Vignerons|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120731131247/http://www.fetedesvignerons.ch/index.php?p=/1999/sub_nav/&s=auteurs_3|archivedate=31 July 2012}} (or from 1968 to 1980 according to other sources).{{cite web|url=http://www.sinfonietta-archiv.ch/Archiv/Dirigenten/jost_meier.htm|title=Jost Meier|work=Basel Sinfonietta|language=German|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423020529/http://www.sinfonietta-archiv.ch/Archiv/Dirigenten/jost_meier.htm|archivedate=23 April 2008}} In 1980, he became conductor of the Theater Basel.
Meier composed several operas, including Sennentuntschi, Der Drache, and Der Zoobär. He was one of three composers at the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey in 1999 alongside {{ill|Jean-François Bovard|fr}} and {{ill|Michel Hostettler|fr}}.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 May 1995|title=Vevey 1999. Michel Hostettler et la grande aventure|trans-title= |url= |language=French|work=Vevey Hebdo|location= |access-date=}} In 2018, his works became available at the library of the City of Basel Music Academy.{{cite news |last=Wohlthat|first=Martina|date=11 December 2022|title=Er hielt nicht viel von bürgerlichen Konventionen. Jetzt ist der Komponist Jost Meier gestorben|trans-title= |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/jost-meier-gestorben-er-hielt-nicht-viel-von-buergerlichen-konventionen-ld.1716514?reduced=true|language=German|work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|location= |access-date=15 December 2022}}
Jost Meier died in Basel on 5 December 2022, at the age of 83.{{cite news |last=Schibli|first=Siegfried|date=13 December 2022|title=Eine wichtige Figur des Musikschaffens in der Schweiz ist nicht mehr|trans-title= |url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/zum-tod-von-jost-meier-eine-wichtige-figur-des-musikschaffens-in-der-schweiz-ist-nicht-mehr-ld.2387310|language=German|work=Basellandschaftliche Zeitung|location=Basel|access-date=15 December 2022}}