Norman Shetler

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

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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.[importance?]

In 1955 he moved to Vienna, Austria, where he studied piano[where?], graduating in 1959. He specialized in accompanying singers,[4] having worked with Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Schreier,[5][6] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,[7] Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Prey, Margaret Price and Thomas Quasthoff,[8] and also with instrumentalists such as violinist Nathan Milstein and cellist Heinrich Schiff. Despite specializing in accompanying, he was also a soloist.[9][10] He was recorded over 70 times.[citation needed]

Between 1983 and 1991, Shetler taught Piano and Lied Accompaniment at the Würzburg School of Music and Drama.[2] 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.[11][12][13]

Shetler was also a puppet maker and puppeteer beginning no later than 1985.[14] His show "Musical Puppet Cabaret" toured internationally, in festivals and on television.[15][16][17]

Shetler died on 25 June 2024, at the age of 93.[18]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ "Lagger Shetler". Winterreise. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Pianist Shetler: "Die Wohnung turnt mich an wie nur was" - derStandard.de". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "USC pianist reflects on his past with Van Cliburn". USC News. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ Brahms, Johannes; Shetler, Norman (1972), Elly Ameling singt Lieder von Johannes Brahms, BASF, OCLC 03161957, retrieved 17 January 2020
  5. ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 25 April 1988.
  6. ^ Clements, Andrew (24 November 2006). "CD: Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis; Op 24 & 39, etc., Schreier/Shetler". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. ^ Kimball, Carol (1 May 2013). Art Song: Linking Poetry and Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4803-5252-0.
  8. ^ "Thomas Quasthoff / Norman Shetler - Carl Loewe: Balladen - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Piano Recital Given by Norman Shetler". The New York Times. 25 January 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Network Three - 7 August 1966 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. ^ Masterclasses 2009 at the Salzburg Mozarteum Archived 22 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Masterclasses Mozarteum 2008 at the Salzburg Mozarteum". Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  13. ^ Crispin, Darla; Gilmore, Bob (7 October 2014). Artistic Experimentation in Music: An Anthology. Leuven University Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-94-6270-013-0.
  14. ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 7 October 1985. p. 101.
  15. ^ Mozart Puppets from Austria Archived 30 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Festival of Fine Arts at the Florida Southern College
  16. ^ Musikalisches Puppenkabarett at the Eckelshausener Musiktage (in german)
  17. ^ Holland, Bernard (6 October 1985). "CHAMBERMUSIC: LOCKENHAUS FESTIVAL (Published 1985)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017.
  18. ^ Pianist und Puppenmeister Norman Shetler tot (in German)
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