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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Swedish conductor
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Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
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Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
German conductor
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Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Symphony orchestra based in Dresden
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Rudolf Kempe
Rudolf Kempe
German conductor
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Wolfgang Rennert
Wolfgang Rennert
German conductor
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Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi
Italian conductor
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Thomas Sanderling
Thomas Sanderling
German conductor
8
Kurt Sanderling
Kurt Sanderling
German conductor
9
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild
German conductor
10
Michael Gielen
Michael Gielen
Austrian conductor
11
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
12
Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
13
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
14
Anatole Fistoulari
Anatole Fistoulari
British musician
15
Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor
16
Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann
German conductor
17
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Spanish conductor
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Rolf Kleinert
Rolf Kleinert
German conductor
20
Joseph Keilberth
Joseph Keilberth
German conductor
21
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
American orchestra based in Pittsburgh
22
Peter Schreier
Peter Schreier
German tenor and conductor
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Carlos Kleiber
Carlos Kleiber
German-born Austrian conductor
24
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer and orchestra director
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Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Italian conductor and composer
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Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
27
Reiner Goldberg
Reiner Goldberg
German opera singer
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Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
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Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
British conductor
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Karl Böhm
Karl Böhm
Austrian conductor
31
Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor
32
Franz Konwitschny
Franz Konwitschny
German conductor (1901-1962)
33
Francisco Araiza
Francisco Araiza
opera singer
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Christian Kluttig
Christian Kluttig
German conductor
35
André Cluytens
André Cluytens
French conductor
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Okko Kamu
Okko Kamu
Finnish conductor and violinist
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Albert Coates
Albert Coates
British conductor
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
Intro
German conductor
Awards Received
National Prize of East Germany
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Grave of the Kegel family on the Stephanusfriedhof in Dresden

Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor.

Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began conducting in Pirna and Rostock; and in 1948 he began a three-decade-long association with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Choir, of which he became the principal conductor in 1960. Meanwhile, in 1977 Kegel took the position of principal conductor of Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, which he kept until 1985.

Kegel was married to the Italian soprano Celestina Casapietra from 1966 to 1983. Their son Björn Casapietra [de] is active as a singer, media presenter and actor.

In 1990, he died by suicide in Dresden.