Emil Hegar

Emil Hegar was a Swiss cellist and music pedagogue. He was the brother of Friedrich Hegar and the father of the opera singer Peter Hegar. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Friedrich Grützmacher and later with Karl Davydov.

In 1866, he became the principal cellist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and began teaching at the conservatory. In 1871, he was the first performer of Johannes Brahms's Cello Sonata No. 1 (together with Carl Reinecke), as well as a sonata by Julius Röntgen which was dedicated to him. Another work dedicated to Hegar was the Cello Concerto by Johan Svendsen, also written in 1871; Svendsen and Hegar had studied together, and Hegar premiered the work with the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Ferdinand David. Julius Klengel was among his students.

However, in 1874, due to a nervous disorder, Hegar was forced to abandon not only his performance career but also cello teaching. He then began studying with the renowned vocal pedagogue Julius Stockhausen and subsequently taught singing. His students included the noted singer Maria Philippi.

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