Hedy Salquin

Swiss conductor, pianist, painter, and poet. Born: October 13, 1928 in Lucerne (Switzerland) Died: January 7, 2012 in Kriens/Lucerne (Switzerland) She studied with Dinu Lipatti in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1943 and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (France) in 1949. In 1949 she studied as the first woman conducting with Louis Fourestier.