Farewell to Egon Parolari
The orchestral musician, soloist and teacher Egon Parolari died on March 27, 2022.
According to the family's obituary, the musician, who was born in 1924, was a "highly talented, recognized musician". He graduated from the Zurich Conservatory in 1943 and played in the Gstaad Music Festival Orchestra under Hermann Scherchen and later in the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet. He was principal oboist in the Swiss Festival Orchestra Lucerne for many years and in the Winterthur City Orchestra from 1944 to 1989. He also pursued an international career as a soloist and worked as a teacher in Winterthur. In 1989 he was awarded the Cultural Prize of the City of Winterthur.
