- Ferdinand Leitner
Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in
Berlin – 3 June 1996 inZürich ) was a German conductor. Leitner studied underFranz Schreker ,Julius Prüwer ,Artur Schnabel andKarl Muck . He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. [Burkhard Laugwitz (translated Reinhard G. Pauly), "Robert Kahn and Brahms". "The Musical Quarterly", 74(4), pp. 595-609 (1990).] Starting as apianist , through the help ofFritz Busch , he became a conductor in the 1930s. He was conductor of the Nollendorfplatz Theater inBerlin from 1943 to 1945, inHannover from 1945 to 1946, inMunchen from 1946 to 1947, and starting in 1947 the director general inStuttgart .He is famous as a conductor of
opera , his favourite composers being Wagner,Richard Strauss , Mozart, and twentieth-century composersCarl Orff andKarl Amadeus Hartmann . He succeededErich Kleiber in 1956 as conductor for the Teatro Colón inBuenos Aires . From 1976 to 1980, he worked inThe Hague as principal conductor of Het Residentie Orkest.Among his more than 300 recordings is a celebrated recording of
Ferruccio Busoni 's "Doktor Faust ". [Ronald Stevenson, Review of recording of Busoni's "Doktor Faust". "Musical Times", 112(1535), p. 39 (1971).] [Calum MacDonald, Review of recordings of music of Busoni. "Tempo" (New Series, 50th Anniversary), 170, pp. 49-50 (1989).]References
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