Karl Österreicher (3 January 1923 – 11 March 1995) was an Austrian conductor and music teacher.

Life

Born in

Rohrbach an der Gölsen Rohrbach an der Gölsen is a town in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, loca ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

, Austrian studied clarinet as well as conducting with Hans Swarowsky, later also with

Alfred Uhl Alfred Uhl (5 June 1909 – 8 June 1992) was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor. Biography Uhl was born in Vienna and studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with ho ...

and

Clemens Krauss Clemens Heinrich Krauss (31 March 189316 May 1954) was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. Krauss was born in Vienna to Clementine Krauss, ...

from 1946 at the then

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

with the Vienna Philharmonic clarinettist

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(1902-1956).''Musiklexikon - Leopold Wlach''
Retrieved 23 December 2014Karl Österreicher
on OeML Österreicher served as director of the university orchestra of the University of Music from 1964, and from 1969 to 1992 he was also a professor at the

. His students include Alexis Agrafiotis, Tetsurō Ban, Eugen Brixel, Erke Duit,

Carlos Kalmar Carlos Kalmar (born February 26, 1958, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan conductor.Macaluso, p. 194 Biography Kalmar began violin studies at age six. At age fifteen, he enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music where his conducting teacher was Karl ...

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, Michael Kapsner,

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, Michael Lessky,

Luis Antonio García Navarro Luis Antonio García Navarro (30 April 1941 in Chiva, Valencian Community, Spain – 10 October 2001 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish conductor. Biography García Navarro was born in Chiva (Spain), and studied in Valencia and the Madrid Royal ...

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, Guido Mancusi,

, Daniel Nazareth, Nikolaus Netzer, Arild Remmereit, René Staar, Alexander Steinitz,

Nayden Todorov Nayden Todorov ( Bulgarian: Найден Тодоров; born Plovdiv 1974) is a Bulgarian conductor. Biography Todorov was born on 8 April 1974 in Plovdiv. In 1993 he graduated from the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music in Plovdiv i ...

and Claudius Traunfellner. His daughter from his marriage to the singer Sieglinde Wetzelsberger is the actress and director Isabella Gregor. Austrian died in

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, (Lower Austria)Edwin Baumgartner: Der große Lehrmeister
/ref> at the age of 72.

Awards

* 1976: Großes Silbernes

Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...

* 1978: * 1981:

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian ...

I. Class * 1988: in Gold

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*
Karl_Österreicher
on musiklexikon * {{DEFAULTSORT:Osterreicher, Karl Austrian conductors (music) Austrian music educators Academics of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 1923 births 1995 deaths University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni People from Lilienfeld District

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