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New York Philharmonic Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
American symphony orchestra in New York, NY
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
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Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer
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Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
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Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Japanese orchestra conductor
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
American orchestra based in Pittsburgh
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Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
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Walter Hendl
Walter Hendl
American conductor
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Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian late-Romantic composer
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
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Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
British conductor
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Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
German conductor
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor, pianist and composer
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Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly
Italian conductor
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Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor
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John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Greek conductor, pianist, and composer
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William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
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Gerard Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz
American conductor
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Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski
Russian conductor
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Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
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Fritz Stiedry
Fritz Stiedry
Austrian conductor
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Karl Böhm
Karl Böhm
Austrian conductor
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
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Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor
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Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi
Estonian conductor
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Charles Munch
Charles Munch
French musician
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
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Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor
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Yoel Levi
Yoel Levi
israeli conductor
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Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
American conductor
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
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Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Russian conductor and opera company director
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Eliahu Inbal
Eliahu Inbal
Israeli conductor
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Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
American symphony orchestra in Boston, MA
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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Swedish conductor
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Vasily Safonov
Vasily Safonov
Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer
Fritz Mahler
Austrian conductor

Fritz Mahler

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Austrian conductor
Fritz Mahler in 1925

Fritz Mahler (July 16, 1901 in Vienna, Austria – June 18, 1973 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.) was an Austrian conductor.

Mahler's father was a cousin of the composer Gustav Mahler. In Europe he became a leading conductor with such ensembles as the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Danish State Symphony. He fled Europe in 1936 for the United States. He was married, from 1939 until his death, to dancer Pauline Koner (b. 1912) and taught at summer sessions of the Juilliard School in New York for many years (advanced conducting, director of the opera department). In 1940-41, he was the city's director of music for the National Youth Administration as well. Mahler was music director of the Erie Philharmonic from 1947 to 1953 and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra from 1953 to 1962. Koner's memoir "Solitary Song" (Duke University Press, 1989) provides much information about his career available nowhere else.