Norman Shetler

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Norman Shetler (born 16 June 1931, Dubuque, Iowa [1] ) is a pianist, puppeteer and puppet constructor, and piano professor. Originally from America, he now lives in Austria.

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Life and career

Norman Shetler was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1931. [1] [2] He planned to attend Juilliard, but before he could attend he was drafted into the army. During WWII, he served mostly as a typist.[ citation needed ]

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 is also a soloist. [9] [10] He has been 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] Since 1992, he has been a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He also teaches masterclasses, particularly at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Shetler has also been a puppet maker and puppeteer since at least 1985. [15] His show "Musical Puppet Cabaret" toured internationally, in festivals and on television. [16] [17] [18]

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  2. 1 2 "Pianist Shetler: "Die Wohnung turnt mich an wie nur was" - derStandard.de". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  3. ↑ "USC pianist reflects on his past with Van Cliburn". USC News. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  4. ↑ Brahms, Johannes; Shetler, Norman (1972), Elly Ameling singt Lieder von Johannes Brahms, BASF, OCLC   03161957 , retrieved 2020-01-17
  5. ↑ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1988-04-25.
  6. ↑ Clements, Andrew (2006-11-24). "CD: Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis; Op 24 & 39, etc., Schreier/Shetler". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  7. ↑ Kimball, Carol (2013-05-01). 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 2020-01-17.
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  11. ↑ Masterclasses 2009 at the Salzburg Mozarteum Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "Masterclasses Mozarteum 2008 at the Salzburg Mozarteum". Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  13. ↑ Masterclass 2009 Opernakademie Schloss Henfenfeld [ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ Crispin, Darla; Gilmore, Bob (2014-10-07). Artistic Experimentation in Music: An Anthology. Leuven University Press. p. 399. ISBN   978-94-6270-013-0.
  15. ↑ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1985-10-07. p. 101.
  16. ↑ Mozart Puppets from Austria Archived 2010-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Festival of Fine Arts at the Florida Southern College
  17. ↑ Musikalisches Puppenkabarett at the Eckelshausener Musiktage (in german)
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