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Emile-Robert Blanchet

Born: 17th July 1877, Lausanne, Switzerland

Died: 27th March 1943, Pully, Switzerland

Nationality: Swiss

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

He was taught by his father, the organist of a cathedral in Lausanne, Charles Blanchet, a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, and Hauptmann. Later he attended Cologne Conservatory and was a pupil of Busoni in Weimar and Berlin. Later 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.

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