Norman Shetler Explained

Norman Shetler (16 June 1931 – 25 June 2024) was an American-born pianist, puppeteer, puppet constructor and piano professor who lived most of his adult life in Austria.

Life and career

Norman Shetler was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on 16 June 1931.[1] [2]

While a student in Vienna, the Soviet Union funded his participation in the first Tchaikovsky Competition.[3] There he met Van Cliburn. He also dreamed of studying with the Soviet virtuoso Sviatoslav Richter.

In 1955 he moved to Vienna, Austria, where he studied piano, graduating in 1959. He specialized in accompanying singers, having worked with Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Schreier,[4] [5] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,[6] Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Prey, Margaret Price and Thomas Quasthoff,[7] and also with instrumentalists such as violinist Nathan Milstein and cellist Heinrich Schiff. Despite specializing in accompanying, he was also a soloist.[8] [9] He was recorded over 70 times.

Between 1983 and 1991, Shetler taught Piano and Lied Accompaniment at the Würzburg School of Music and Drama. Beginning in 1992, he was a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He also taught masterclasses, particularly at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.[10] [11] [12]

Shetler was also a puppet maker and puppeteer beginning no later than 1985.[13] His show "Musical Puppet Cabaret" toured internationally, in festivals and on television.[14] [15] [16]

Shetler died on 25 June 2024, at the age of 93.[17]

Discography

References

  1. Web site: Lagger Shetler . Winterreise . 5 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Pianist Shetler: "Die Wohnung turnt mich an wie nur was" - derStandard.de. DER STANDARD. de-AT. 17 January 2020.
  3. Web site: USC pianist reflects on his past with Van Cliburn. 4 March 2013. USC News. en-US. 17 January 2020.
  4. Book: New York Magazine. 25 April 1988. New York Media, LLC. en.
  5. News: CD: Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis; Op 24 & 39, etc., Schreier/Shetler. Clements. Andrew. 24 November 2006. The Guardian. 17 January 2020. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  6. Book: Kimball, Carol. Art Song: Linking Poetry and Music. 1 May 2013. Hal Leonard Corporation. 978-1-4803-5252-0. en.
  7. Web site: Thomas Quasthoff / Norman Shetler - Carl Loewe: Balladen - hitparade.ch. hitparade.ch. 17 January 2020.
  8. News: Piano Recital Given by Norman Shetler. 25 January 1964. The New York Times. 17 January 2020. en-US. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Network Three - 7 August 1966 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 17 January 2020.
  10. http://www.moz.ac.at/german/soak/courses.shtml Masterclasses 2009 at the Salzburg Mozarteum
  11. Web site: Masterclasses Mozarteum 2008 at the Salzburg Mozarteum . 18 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081212042642/http://www.moz.ac.at/german/soak/dozenten.shtml#1_6 . 12 December 2008 . dead .
  12. Book: Artistic Experimentation in Music: An Anthology. Crispin. Darla. Gilmore. Bob. 7 October 2014. Leuven University Press. 978-94-6270-013-0. 399. en.
  13. Book: New York Magazine. 7 October 1985. New York Media, LLC. 101. en.
  14. http://www.flsouthern.edu/news.asp?ACTION=view&ID=328 Mozart Puppets from Austria
  15. http://www.eckelshausener-musiktage.de/veranstaltungen/2004/normanshetlerkonzert.htm Musikalisches Puppenkabarett
  16. News: CHAMBERMUSIC: LOCKENHAUS FESTIVAL (Published 1985) . The New York Times . 6 October 1985 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171124134834/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/06/arts/chambermusic-lockenhaus-festival.html . 24 November 2017 . live . Holland . Bernard .
  17. https://wien.orf.at/stories/3262639/ Pianist und Puppenmeister Norman Shetler tot

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