{"id":5888,"date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/allgemein\/einfuehlsamer-lehrer-schoepfer-und-beobachter\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:38:50","slug":"einfuehlsamer-lehrer-schoepfer-und-beobachter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/rezensionen\/buecher-rezensionen\/2022\/02\/einfuehlsamer-lehrer-schoepfer-und-beobachter","title":{"rendered":"Empathetic teacher, creator and observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S\u00e1ndor Veress in 1983 with the Bern String Quartet (from left: Henrik Crafoord, Alexander van Wijnkoop, Walter Grimmer, Christine Ragaz). Photo: Peter Friedli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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S\u00e1ndor Veress was of great importance for Swiss music history. He actually had his sights set on a career in the United States. But when the teaching position in Pittsburgh fell through due to his former membership of the Hungarian Communist Party, Veress ended up in Bern. He remained there from 1949 until the end of his life in 1992, teaching renowned Swiss composers and musicologists as a respected university lecturer. His students included Theo Hirsbrunner, Heinz Holliger, Urs Peter Schneider, J\u00fcrg Wyttenbach and Roland Moser.<\/p>\n