Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | October 21, 1912 |
| Birth Place | Hungary |
| Age | 108 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Net worth: $16 million (2024)
About
Remembered for his work with the Bavarian State Opera, the Frankfurt Opera, the Covent Garden Opera Company, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this notable conductor produced a series of famous recordings of the operas in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Also a pianist, he was the winner of the 1942 Geneva International Piano Competition.
Before Fame
He began his career as a vocal coach for the Hungarian State Opera. During the World War II years, this Hungarian-Jewish conductor escaped the Nazis by working as a pianist in Switzerland.
Trivia
He conducted a 1994 London production of La traviata that launched the career of the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
Family Life
He married Hedwig Oeschli, the daughter of a Zürich University professor, in 1946.
Associated With
Early in his career, he studied in Budapest with the Austrian-born composer Bela Bartok.
