Hedy Graf (12 October 1926 – 31 January 1997) was a Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano.
[1] Beginning in 1955, Graf performed in Switzerland and Germany a broad repertory of oratorios and sacred vocal works.
She sang compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, as well as contemporary music by composers such as Willy Burkhard, Paul Hindemith, Frank Martin, Othmar Schoeck, Arnold Schoenberg, and Igor Stravinsky.
[1] Graf participated in the première of works including in 1965 presentations in Zürich and Basel of Cantico di frate brine di San Francesco d’Assisi by Rudolf Moser, in 1966 the oratorio Jeremia by Ernst Hess, and a 1977 broadcast on Radio Zürich of Tenebrae by Martin Schlumpf.
She recorded Bach's first version of the Magnificat with Bruno Maderna in 1971, alongside Hildegard Laurich, Adalbert Kraus and Michael Schopper.