Rolf Kleinert

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Rolf Kleinert (24 November 1911 – 20 January 1975) was a German conductor.

Life and work

Born in Dresden, Kleinert, the son of a porcelain maker, studied violin, piano at the orchestral school of the Saxon

German Democratic Republic first performance of the Polish national opera Halka was initiated and performed by him.[1]

In 1952, he began a long-standing collaboration with the

General Music Director in the GDR and took over as chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1960, he received the title of professor. Due to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the orchestra lost a third of its musicians. The orchestra was on the verge of disbanding. Kleinert and Hanns Eisler fought vehemently for the orchestra's existence. Through his intensive commitment in the search for suitable musicians, he succeeded in making the orchestra playable again and preserving its specific sound. Concert tours with the orchestra took Kleinert to Italy, England, West Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland and Bulgaria. He was repeatedly invited by the National Orchestra of Chile, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Belgrade, Leningrad (Petersburg), Moscow, the Czech Republic, Riga, Budapest, Bratislava, Cairo and the RSO Helsinki to guest conduct.[2]

Kleinert received the Patriotic Order of Merit and the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic.[3]

In 1972, Kleinert fell ill and had to give up conducting. He died in 1975 in Berlin, aged 63, and was buried in the Striesener Friedhof [de] in Dresden.[4]

There are about 800 recordings conducted by him in the

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv conducted by him.[5]

Significance

"Kleinert was a conductor of the 'true to the works' school, coming from the tradition of Leibowitz, Toscanini and Scherchen. He knew how to elicit tempo, accuracy, clarity and dancing elegance from every score." Dr. M. Meyer, in Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester 1923-1998. An excellent percussion technique, a great sense of sound and an absolute ear were Kleinert's essential qualities.

Recordings (selection)

References

  1. ^ Rolf Kleinert on Artist info
  2. ^ Rolf Kleinert on Archiv music
  3. ^ Rolf Kleinert on primephonic.com/
  4. ^ Rolf Kleiner on Archive Music
  5. ^ Rudolf Kleiner on www.45cat.com/artist/sympthere are about 800 recordings conducted by him.hony-orchestra-of-radio-berlin-rolf-kleinert-conductor

Further reading

  • Rundfunk-Orchester und -Chöre gGmbH [de] Berlin (ed.): Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester 1923–1998. Berlin 1998
  • Meyers Neues Lexikon, vol. 7. VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1973
  • Landesverwaltungsamt Berlin

External links

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