Otto Klemperer

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Otto Klemperer was a renowned 20th-century German-born conductor celebrated for his authoritative interpretations of the classical and romantic repertoire, particularly of Beethoven and Mahler.

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instanceOf German Jew ⓘ
human ⓘ
music director ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
child Werner Klemperer ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1885-05-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-07-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Hochschule für Musik und Theater Köln ⓘ
employer Budapest Opera ⓘ
Kroll Opera ⓘ
Los Angeles Philharmonic ⓘ
Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ
Staatsoper Unter den Linden ⓘ
linked to: Berlin State Opera
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
familyName Klemperer ⓘ
fieldOfWork classical music ⓘ
orchestral conducting ⓘ
genre opera ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ
givenName Otto ⓘ
hasHealthIssue bipolar disorder ⓘ
effects of a brain tumor operation ⓘ
knownFor authoritative interpretations of classical and romantic repertoire ⓘ
interpretations of Beethoven ⓘ
interpretations of Mahler ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
movement modernism in music ⓘ
notableStudent Christoph von Dohnányi ⓘ
Rafael Kubelík ⓘ
notableWork recordings of Beethoven symphonies ⓘ
recordings of Brahms symphonies ⓘ
recordings of Bruckner symphonies ⓘ
recordings of Mahler symphonies ⓘ
recordings of Mozart symphonies ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Breslau ⓘ
placeOfDeath Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
positionHeld music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ⓘ
principal conductor of the Kroll Opera in Berlin ⓘ
principal conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ
relative Georg Klemperer ⓘ
Victor Klemperer ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Johanna Geisler ⓘ
studiedUnder Gustav Mahler ⓘ

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EMI Classics → associatedWith → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Gustav Mahler → notableStudent → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Beethoven symphony cycles → conductedBy → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Mahler Symphony No. 2 → notableRecording → Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Otto Klemperer
Staatskapelle Berlin → notableConductor → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Bruno Walter → influenced → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Walter Legge → workedWith → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra → formerMusicDirector → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
subject linked to: PSO
Klemperer → hasNotableBearer → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Werner Klemperer → father → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
subject linked to: Klemperer
Kroll Opera → associatedWith → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Kroll Opera → artisticDirector → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Werner Klemperer → parent → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Victor Klemperer → relative → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Georg Klemperer → notableStudentOrRelative → Otto Klemperer (conductor, cousin) ⓘ
linked to: Otto Klemperer
Georg Klemperer → relative → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Stern Conservatory → notableStudent → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Der Zwerg → firstPerformanceConductor → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
O welche Lust, in freier Luft → hasNotableRecording → Otto Klemperer – EMI studio recording of Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Otto Klemperer
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) → premiereConductor → Otto Klemperer ⓘ
subject linked to: Piano Concerto No. 2