Armin Schibler

Armin Schibler (Kreuzlingen am Bodensee, 20 November 1920 – Zurich, 7 September 1986) was a Swiss composer.

After attending high school in the town of Aarau, he studied music under Walter Frey and Paul Müller in Zurich.

He later went to England to perfect his training where he would meet notable contemporaries Benjamin Britten, Edmund Rubbra and Michael Tippett.

In 1948 and 1953, Schibler attended the Summer Courses at Darmstadt, where he met and worked with Wolfgang Fortner, Ernst Křenek, René Leibowitz and Theodor W. Adorno.

As a composer of operas, orchestral choirs, Lieder and chamber music, his works are characterized by harmonious pacing and a preference for counterpoint.