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Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German
conductor.
Kegel was born in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
. He studied conducting with
Karl Böhm
Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss.
Life and career
Education
Karl Böhm was born in Graz. T ...
and composition with
Boris Blacher
Boris Blacher (30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist.
Life
Blacher was born when his parents (of German-Estonian and Russian backgrounds) were living within a Russian-speaking community in the Manchurian town of Niuzhuang () (he ...
at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began conducting in
Pirna
Pirna (; hsb, Pěrno; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as ...
and
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...
; and in 1948 he began a three-decade-long association with the
Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Choir, of which he became the principal conductor in 1960. Meanwhile, in 1977 Kegel took the position of principal conductor of
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
The Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Dresden. Its principal concert venue is the '' Kulturpalast''. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche, the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, and ...
, which he kept until 1985.
Kegel was married to the Italian soprano
Celestina Casapietra
Celestina Casapietra (born 23 August 1938) is an Italian operatic soprano who was a member of the Berlin State Opera for decades. She made an international career, and recorded several operas and concerts.
Life and career
Born in Genoa, Casapi ...
from 1966 to 1983. Their son is active as a singer, media presenter and actor.
In 1990, he died by suicide in Dresden.
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Herbert Kegel discography
1920 births
1990 suicides
Musicians from Dresden
German male conductors (music)
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany
Suicides in Germany
20th-century German conductors (music)
20th-century German male musicians
1990 deaths
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