Bruno Walter

  • conductor, pianist and composer born in 1876 in Berlin
  • one of the great conductors of the 20th century
  • first chief conductor position in 1897 in Pressburg city opera (Bratislava)
  • musical director of Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (1913 – 1922)
  • musical director of Deutsche Oper Berlin (1925 – 1929)
  • principal conductor of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (1929 – 1933)
  • escaped in 1933 the Third Reich, because of his Jewish origins
  • artistic director of Staatsoper Wien (1936 – 1939)
  • moved in 1939 to USA, because of Second World War
  • musical director (advisor) of New York Philharmonic (1947 – 1949)
  • conducted regularly Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Orchester of Royal Opera House in London, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and others