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Oliver Widmer
Oliver Widmer (born 24 March 1965) is a Swiss operatic bass-baritone whose international career has encompassed lieder, opera, and oratorio. In 1998 he created the role of Jäger in Heinz Holliger's opera "Schneewittchen".
Widmer was born in Zürich and studied first under his father, the baritone Kurt Widmer, at the City of Basel Music Academy. He made his debut as a recitalist in 1985 followed by further study under Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin from 1986 to
In 2005, he graduated with honors in Voice Education and won the first prize of the "Werner und Berti Alter-Stiftung". Besides, he was given an appointment to teach in the conservatory of Zurich.
With Scot Weir (voice), Paul Suits (accompaniment) and Martin Zeller (chamber music), Quaiser continued studying voice at the Zurich University of the Arts. In 2007, he graduated in Concert Singing. He took master classes with Margreet Honig, Wolfgang Holzmair, Oliver Widmer and Jan Schultsz.