Rudolf Baumgartner (14 September 1917 in Zurich, Switzerland - 22 March 2002 in Siena, Italy) was a Swiss conductor and violinist. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan.
In the 1950s he recorded the complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord of J.S. Bach with the Austrian harpsichordist Isolde Ahlgrimm for Phillips, although the masters have been lost.
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| Name |
Baumgartner, Rudolf |
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| Short description |
Swiss conductor and violinist |
| Date of birth |
September 14, 1917 |
| Place of birth |
Zurich |
| Date of death |
22 March 2002 |
| Place of death |
Siena, Italy |