Rolf Agop (11 June 1908 – 15 October 1998) was a German conductor and academic teacher of Armenian descent.

Career

Born in

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where he studied, Agop worked first for the Bayerische Landesbühne, a touring theatre, and then for three years as Kapellmeister and choir director at the Kärntner Grenzland-Theater in

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. From 1945 to 1948 he was Kapellmeister at the Nürnberg Opera. In 1949 Agop taught conducting at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, art-song, conducting, as we ...

. From 1950 to 1952 he was the first principal conductor of the newly formed

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestr ...

. He then was Generalmusikdirektor of the

Dortmunder Philharmoniker The Dortmunder Philharmoniker (Dortmund Philharmonic) are a German symphony orchestra based in Dortmund. The orchestra of the Theater Dortmund performs opera in the Opernhaus Dortmund and concert in the Konzerthaus Dortmund. The orchestra was ...

. From 1962 to 1964 he conducted the

Malmö Symphony Orchestra The Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Malmö Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish orchestra, based in Malmö. Since 2015, it has been resident at the Malmö Live Concert Hall. The orchestra has a complement of 94 musicians. History The orchestra was fo ...

, and from 1962 to 1976 the Siegerlandorchester, later called Philharmonie Südwestfalen. He died in Hilchenbach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agop, Rolf 1908 births 1998 deaths Musicians from Munich German male conductors (music) People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German male musicians Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany