Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Wolfgang Sawallisch
Sawallisch, who has died aged 89, was one of Igor Markevitch's prized pupils at the Salzburg Mozarteum in the same year (1950) as Sir Alexander Gibson studied there, although their operatic careers thereafter went different ways – Gibson's to the musical directorship from Herald Scotland Read more »
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Letter: Maestro's magical winter night
another memory of our late, beloved conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch: It was a snowy night some 20 years ago that my wife and I managed to reach the Academy of Music, only to find most of the audience (and much of the orchestra) missing. But Sawallisch surveyed from Philly.com Read more »
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Wolfgang Sawallisch, Progressive? At The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yes
surprisingly, what remains of Sawallisch in the orchestra today has less to do with the internal musical dynamics of the ensemble than with the way he prodded the organization to relate more to the outside world. ... his innovations not only live on, the orchestra's from ArtsJournal Read more »
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A legacy of music and leadership
Joseph Neubauer Nearly 20 years ago, I traveled to Germany to meet with Wolfgang Sawallisch to discuss our desire to engage him as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. We sat in his garden surrounded by evergreens and mountains stretching off into the from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch dies at 89
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