Hans Vogt (conductor)

Hans Vogt
Born(1909-03-03)3 March 1909
Basel, Switzerland
Died28 July 1978(1978-07-28) (aged 69)
Basel, Switzerland
OccupationsComposer, pianist, conductor

Hans Vogt (3 March 1909 – 28 July 1978) was a Swiss composer, pianist, and conductor. He worked at Radio Basel from 1942, eventually serving as head of its music department.[1]

Biography

Vogt was born in Basel to Emil Vogt, a schoolteacher and choir conductor, and Anna Rosa née Vogt. He was the brother of the archaeologist Emil Vogt. On the advice of his relative Hermann Suter, he studied at the Basel Conservatory from 1928, earning a piano virtuosity diploma in 1931 and a teaching diploma in singing and music in 1932. He also took conducting lessons with Felix Weingartner and composition lessons with Otto Rippl, and spent a year studying in Paris. In 1941, he married Johanna Frieda Frey, daughter of Johann Jakob Frey.[2]

Career

Vogt worked as a composer, pianist, and conductor at Radio Basel from 1942, becoming a full-time employee in 1953. He served as deputy head (1958) and then head (1966) of the music department. He was also a piano teacher at the Basel Conservatory from 1946 to 1953.[2]

Works

  • Pianistische Grundbegriffe, 1949.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Vogt, Hans​, Christoph Ballmer, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Translated by Catherine Pécoud.

  1. ^ "Hans Vogt - swissfilmmusic.ch". swissfilmmusic.ch. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "Hans Vogt" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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