Karl Anton Rickenbacher (20 May 1940 – 28 February 2014) was a Swiss conductor.
Born in Basel, Rickenbacher studied at the Berlin Conservatory with Herbert von Karajan.
[1] He was chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1980.
He was appointed principal guest conductor of the Belgian BRT Philharmonic Orchestra in 1987.
Rickenbacher's commercial recordings include those of the student symphonies of Richard Strauss,[2] as part of his set of recordings called "The Unknown Richard Strauss".