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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Otto Klemperer canonical 11
Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra 1

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Predicate Object
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 Cologne Conservatory
surface form: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Köln
employer Hungarian State Opera House
surface form: Budapest Opera

Kroll Opera
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
surface form: Los Angeles Philharmonic

Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlin State Opera
surface form: Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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 Zurich
surface form: Zürich
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
Zurich
surface form: Zürich
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
this entity surface form: Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
Staatskapelle Berlin notableConductor Otto Klemperer
Bruno Walter influenced Otto Klemperer