Otmar Suitner

Otmar Suitner (15 May, 1922 – 8 January, 2010) was an Austrian conductor who spent most of his professional career in East Germany. He was born in Innsbruck and died in Berlin. He was Principal Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden from 1960 to 1964, and then Music Director at the Berlin State Opera from 1964 to 1990. A fairly prolific recording artist, he was particularly notable in Austro-German music, having conducted discs of works by Max Reger and Paul Hindemith as well as the first Beethoven symphony cycle to be released on CD. He taught at the Mozarteum for twenty years. With a girlfriend, Suitner had one son called Igor and he produced a documentary about his father in Suitner's later years called The Music of My Father.

References

• Otmar Suitner at Allmusic
• Discography

Preceded by Franz Konwitschny

Music Director, Berlin State Opera 1964–1990

Succeeded by Daniel Barenboim

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Name	Suitner, Otmar
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Date of birth	15 May 1922
Place of birth	Innsbruck
Date of death	8 January 2010
Place of death	Berlin