Jean-Marie Auberson

Auberson was born in Chavornay, Vaud; his father, François Auberson, was a farmer.[2] He studied violin and viola at the Lausanne Conservatory, graduating in 1943 with a license to teach violin.[1] He subsequently studied conducting with Günter Wand in Cologne in 1950–51 and from 1956 to 1960 under Ernest Ansermet and Carl Schuricht.[2]

He was engaged as a violinist by the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in 1943, and in 1946 moved to the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as a violist.[1][2]

He began his career as a conductor in 1951, as second conductor at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, where he remained until 1956. He then became conductor at Radio Beromünster (now Radio SRF 1 until 1962, and at the symphony orchestra of Saint-Gallen from 1962 to 1968.[1] From 1968 to 1973, he was conductor for French repertoire and ballet at the Hamburg State Opera,[1][2] and from 1972 to 1975 conductor of the Basel radio symphony orchestra.[1] He also conducted many productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 1966 onward.[1] He conducted the premieres of a number of contemporary works, many broadcast by Radio Lausanne,[1] and recorded with the Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra[3] and the Geneva Baroque Orchestra,[4] among others.

With his wife Antoinette Moulin, a pianist, Auberson had daughter Audrey Michael, a soprano,[5] and sons Pascal Auberson, a singer and percussionist,[6] and Antoine Auberson, a jazz saxophonist and composer.[1][7] He died in Draguignan, Var, France.[1][2]