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« on: November 17, 2011, 01:10:42 pm » |
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This is for Kurt Sanderling to celebrate his life.
It is farewell and RIP.
HIs life story is amazing. He was a repetiteur at the Berlin Staatsoper, but then Nazis came to power in1933. He had a post waiting for him in Cleveland, but wasn't able to get a visa. He turned to the USSR. There he was working at the MOscow Radio Symphony orchestra and then at Leningrad philharmonic where he worked with music director Yevgeny Mravinsky.
We discussed Shostakovish on the other thread and his character. He helped Sanderling when he was forced to take 2sabbatical2 by the Soviets in the 1950. Then Stalin died in 1953 and he was able to leave for the West in 1960.
I found it fascinating.
I don't know if we should have another thread for past conductors or we can write interesting information about conductors here. I was amazed at his story and I didn't know it.
Kurt Sanderling 1912 - 2011 RIP
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