Family
After a brief marriage to actress Gerda Müller, Scherchen married Chinese composer Xiao Shuxian. A daughter, Tona Scherchen, was born to them in 1938. She has also made a name for herself as a composer. The last of his five wives was the Zurich based Romanian mathematics teacher Pia Andronescu, with whom he had 5 children: Myriam, David, Esther, Nathan and Alexandra.
He was survived by a number of children, from five wives and other women.
One his sons was Wolfgang "Wulff" Scherchen. Wulff's six-year relationship with Benjamin Britten started when he was aged thirteen. John Bridcut describes the passionate exchanges of letters between the famous composer and the young boy in Britten's Children.
His daughter, Myriam Scherchen, runs a record label Tahra that produces historic recordings on CD devoted to famous conductors, including Scherchen himself.
His sister Helen was married to the Hungarian cartographer Sándor Radó.
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