German male conductors (music)

The list German male conductors (music) includes James Last, André Previn, Bert Kaempfert, Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss. The list consists of 540 members.

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James Last

German composer and big band leader (1929–2015)

Overview: James Last (German pronunciation: [tʃeɪms last,[1] dʃeɪms lɑːst]; born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1929

Date of death: 9 June 2015

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Last-Becker Ensemble members 4T

James Last Orchestra members 7T

Male double-bassists 693T
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André Previn

German-American conductor, pianist, and composer (1929–2019)

Overview: André George Previn KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

Date of birth: 6 April 1930

Date of death: 28 February 2019

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Jewish American film score composers 50T

Broadway composers and lyricists 196T

20th-century German male musicians 664T
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Bert Kaempfert

German composer (1923–1980)

Overview: Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert, 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and ...

Date of birth: 16 October 1923

Date of death: 21 June 1980

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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German male jazz musicians 83T

German military musicians 6T

20th-century German male musicians 664T
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Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

Overview: Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1810

Date of death: 29 July 1856

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Düsseldorf 49T

Male classical pianists 1,919T

Musicians from Leipzig 97T
5.

Richard Strauss

German composer and conductor

Overview: Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1864

Date of death: 8 September 1949

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Munich 149T

20th-century German conductors (music) 232T

20th-century German male musicians 828T
6.

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

Overview: Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( VAHG-nər; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1813

Date of death: 13 February 1883

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Musicians from Leipzig 97T

Musicians from Dresden 105T

People educated at the St. Thomas School, Leipzig 25T
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Carlos Kleiber

Austrian conductor

Overview: Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was an Austrian conductor who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time.

Date of birth: 3 July 1930

Date of death: 13 July 2004

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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20th-century Austrian conductors (music) 80T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T

Male conductors (music) 1,408T
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Otto Klemperer

American conductor

Overview: Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973) was a German-born orchestral conductor and composer, described as "the last of the few really great conductors of his generation."

Date of birth: 14 May 1885

Date of death: 6 July 1973

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)

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Music Academy of the West founders 8T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
9.

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer

Overview: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1809

Date of death: 4 November 1847

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Pianist

Gender: Male

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Stroke-related deaths in Germany 31T

Male classical organists 12T

German male classical pianists 17T
10.

Georg Solti

Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997)

Overview: Sir Georg Solti, KBE (born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born British orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich ...

Date of birth: 21 October 1912

Date of death: 5 September 1997

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T

Hungarian male musicians 111T
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German baritone and conductor

Overview: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (28 May 1925 – 18 May 2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, best known ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1925

Date of death: 18 May 2012

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Opera singer

Gender: Male

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People from Steglitz-Zehlendorf 32T

20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T
12.

Christian Thielemann

German conductor

Overview: Christian Thielemann (born 1 April 1959 in West Berlin) is a German conductor. He is Chief Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Director of the Salzburg Easter Festival.

Date of birth: 1 April 1959

Age: 66

Nationality: German

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T

21st-century German conductors (music) 168T
13.

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor

Overview: Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt (June 6, 1926 – January 11, 1998) was a German conductor from Merseburg. He worked with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, world-top ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1926

Date of death: 11 January 1998

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
14.

Wolfgang Sawallisch

German conductor and pianist

Overview: Wolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist.

Date of birth: 26 August 1923

Date of death: 22 February 2013

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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Music directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra 10T

Musicians from Munich 145T

20th-century German conductors (music) 222T
15.

Franz Danzi

German composer and musician

Overview: Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 – April 13, 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–98), and brother of the noted singer Franzeska ...

Date of birth: 1763

Date of death: 1826

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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18th-century male musicians 989T

19th-century male musicians 2,319T

18th-century German composers 248T
16.

William Steinberg

American conductor

Overview: William Steinberg (Cologne, August 1, 1899 – New York City, May 16, 1978) was a German-American conductor.

Date of birth: 1 August 1899

Date of death: 16 May 1978

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine 166T

Musicians from Cologne 79T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
17.

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer (1886–1954)

Overview: Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ( FOORT-veng-glər, -⁠lər, 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1886

Date of death: 30 November 1954

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T

Music & Arts artists 69T
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Paul Hindemith

German composer (1895–1963)

Overview: Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. In the 1920s, he became a major advocate of the Neue Sachlichkeit (new ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1895

Date of death: 28 December 1963

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States 56T

20th-century German conductors (music) 222T

20th-century German male musicians 664T
19.

Eberhard Schoener

German composer

Overview: Eberhard Schoener (born May 13, 1938, Stuttgart) is a German musician, composer, conductor, and arranger. His activities combine many styles and formats. Originally a classical violinist and conductor ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1938

Age: 87

Nationality: German

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Stuttgart 61T

21st-century German conductors (music) 168T

21st-century German male musicians 379T
20.

Ingo Metzmacher

conductor

Overview: Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957 in Hanover) is a German conductor and artistic director of the festival KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover.

Date of birth: 10 November 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: German

Occupation: Conductor

Gender: Male

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21st-century German conductors (music) 168T

21st-century German male musicians 379T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T