Jean-Marie Auberson
Jean-Marie Auberson (May 2, 1920 – July 4, 2004)<ref name=theatre>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref name=hist>Template:Cite web</ref> was a Swiss conductor and violinist.
Early life and education
Auberson was born in Chavornay, Vaud; his father, François Auberson, was a farmer.<ref name=hist/> He studied violin and viola at the Lausanne Conservatory, graduating in 1943 with a license to teach violin.<ref name="theatre" /> He subsequently studied conducting with Günter Wand in Cologne in 1950–51 and from 1956 to 1960 under Ernest Ansermet and Carl Schuricht.<ref name=hist/>
Career
He was engaged as a violinist by the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in 1943, and in 1946 moved to the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as a violist.<ref name=theatre/><ref name=hist/>
He began his career as a conductor in 1951, as second conductor at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, where he remained until 1956. He then became conductor at Radio Beromünster (now Radio SRF 1 until 1962, and at the symphony orchestra of Saint-Gallen from 1962 to 1968.<ref name=theatre/> From 1968 to 1973, he was conductor for French repertoire and ballet at the Hamburg State Opera,<ref name=theatre/><ref name=hist/> and from 1972 to 1975 conductor of the Basel radio symphony orchestra.<ref name=theatre/> He also conducted many productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 1966 onward.<ref name=theatre/> He conducted the premieres of a number of contemporary works, many broadcast by Radio Lausanne,<ref name=theatre/> and recorded with the Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Geneva Baroque Orchestra,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> among others.
Personal life and death
With his wife Antoinette Moulin, a pianist, Auberson had daughter Template:Ill, a soprano,<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> and sons Template:Ill, a singer and percussionist,<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> and Template:Ill, a jazz saxophonist and composer.<ref name=theatre/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He died in Draguignan, Var, France.<ref name=theatre/><ref name=hist/>