Émile-Robert Blanchet


Émile-Robert Blanchet was a French-speaking Swiss pianist, composer and mountaineer.

Life

He was taught by his father, Charles Blanchet, the organist of a cathedral in Lausann and a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, and Hauptmann. He later attended Cologne Conservatory and was a pupil of Busoni in Weimar and Berlin. He was professor of piano 1904-1917, then director 1905-1908 of the Lausanne Conservatory. He continued teaching there until 1917.
In 1917 he resigned and spent time on climbing on which he would write 2 books. He composed a lot of pieces, especially for piano.

Recordings

There is a CD at where a piece of his is recorded.