Colombo, Pierre

Colombo, Pierre, Swiss conductor; b. La Tour-de-Peilz, May 22, 1914. He received training in piano, voice, and flute, and also pursued studies in science at the Univ. of Lausanne. He studied conducting at the Basel Cons, (diploma, 1942), his principal mentors being Scherchen and H. Munch; he also studied …