Otto Klemperer


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– (1836) Adolphe-Charles Adam: Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France.
– (1908) Max Reger: Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.
– (1917) Modest Moussorgsky: Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
– (1968) Gustaf Allan Pettersson: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.
– (1982) Leonard Bernstein: Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

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Born: 14 May 1885 — Breslau (now Wroclaw) — Germany (now Poland)
Died: 6 July 1973 — Zürich — Switzerland
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Otto Klemperer was one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, conducting at Hamburg, Bremen, Strasbourg, Cologne, Wiesbaden and Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonia, Budapest, Montreal, Philarmonia London. He was Jewish and left Germany when the Nazis came into power.

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