Jean-Marie Auberson

Jean-Marie Auberson (May 2, 1920 – July 4, 2004)^[1][2] was a Swiss conductor and violinist.

Auberson was born in Chavornay, Vaud; his father, François Auberson, was a farmer.^[2] He studied violin and viola at the Lausanne Conservatory, graduating in 1943 with a license to teach violin.^[1] He subsequently studied conducting with Günter Wand in Cologne in 1950–51 and from 1956 to 1960 under Ernest Ansermet and Carl Schuricht.^[2]

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.^[1][2]

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.^[1] From 1968 to 1973, he was conductor for French repertoire and ballet at the Hamburg State Opera,^[1][2] and from 1972 to 1975 conductor of the Basel radio symphony orchestra.^[1] He also conducted many productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 1966 onward.^[1] He conducted the premieres of a number of contemporary works, many broadcast by Radio Lausanne,^[1] and recorded with the Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra^[3] and the Geneva Baroque Orchestra,^[4] among others.

With his wife Antoinette Moulin, a pianist, Auberson had daughter Audrey Michael [fr], a soprano,^[5] and sons Pascal Auberson [fr; de], a singer and percussionist,^[6] and Antoine Auberson [fr], a jazz saxophonist and composer.^[1][7] He died in Draguignan, Var, France.^[1][2]