Klaus Tennstedt

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Klaus Tennstedt
Germany
Died11 January 1998(1998-01-11) (aged 71)
Kiel, Germany
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Conductor
Years active1958–1994[1]

Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and most notably the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he was closely associated and recorded many of his celebrated recordings under the EMI
label, including a cycle of Mahler's 10 symphonies.

Life and career

He studied violin and piano at the Leipzig Conservatory. He avoided military service during the

Dresden Opera
, and in 1962, music director of the Schwerin State Orchestra and Theatre.

He emigrated from East Germany in 1971, obtaining asylum in Sweden. He conducted in Gothenburg at the Göteborg Theater, and in Stockholm with the

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (NDR Symphony) in Hamburg, and during the same period (1979–82) was principal guest conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra
in Minneapolis.

In 1974, Tennstedt made his North American debut with the

Blossom Music Festival
in 1975.

His only American opera engagement was a series of seven performances of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera, the last of which, on January 7, 1984, was broadcast.

Tennstedt then guest-conducted the

Bavarian Radio Symphony of Munich, the Berlin Philharmonic and the SDR Symphony (now the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
).

His London debut was with the

Oxford University, where he received an honorary doctorate a few days later.[3] He died of throat cancer in January 1998, at his home in Kiel, Germany.[4]

In 1978 Tennstedt became the first German conductor of his generation to conduct the

Israel Philharmonic, which until then had boycotted German conductors because of their connections with the Nazi regime.[3]

His recordings include a complete cycle of the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, and several of Tennstedt's concert performances have been reissued on CD.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Kozinn, Allan (13 January 1998). "Klaus Tennstedt, a Conductor Of Romantic Works, Dies at 71". New York Times. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  2. ^ ［https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd124624030.html#ndbcontent Deutsche Biography］
  3. ^ a b c Lebrecht, Norman, & David Lister. 1998. "Obituary: Klaus Tennstedt." The Independent (13 January).
  4. ^ NYT 1998.01.13 Klaus Tennstedt, a Conductor Of Romantic Works, Dies at 71
  5. ^ Clement, Andrew (7 November 2003). "Beethoven Symphony No 9: Haggänder/Hodgson/Tear/ Howell/London Philharmonic/Tennstedt". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  6. ^ Ashely, Tim (9 February 2006). "Haydn: The Creation, Popp/Rolfe Johnson/LPO and Choir". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  7. ^ McManus, Michael (9 July 2010). "Klaus Tennstedt: Captured in Concert". Gramophone. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

External links

Cultural offices
Preceded by
Chief Conductor, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

1979–1981 		Succeeded by
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