Niklaus Aeschbacher

Niklaus Aeschbacher (30 April 1917 – 30 November 1995) was a Swiss composer and conductor.

Born in Trogen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden as the son of Carl Aeschbacher, he studied music in Zürich and Berlin. After a post as conductor in Bern he became the chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo in 1954, but returned to Bern two years later. In 1964, he accepted a post in Detmold, where he taught at the music academy from 1972 to 1982.

Between 1930 and 1950, he wrote one opera, , for the Swiss radio station DRS and a few pieces for orchestra, but also some chamber music.