Hedy Graf

Hedy Graf (12 October 1926 – 31 January 1997) was a Spanish-born Swiss classically trained soprano.

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. She also toured in Antwerp, Scheveningen, Strasbourg, Vienna, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem.

Recordings Graf appeared as a soloist in several Bach cantatas in the series conducted by Fritz Werner, and also in 1966 Bach's Ascension Oratorio alongside Barbara Scherler, Kurt Huber and Jakob Stämpfli. She recorded Bach's first version of the Magnificat with Bruno Maderna in 1971, alongside Hildegard Laurich, Adalbert Kraus and Michael Schopper. She recorded Handel's Messias for the label Cantate and Mozart's Requiem for Pallas.