Kurt Sanderling
Kurt Sanderling · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1912, Arys, East Prussia (now Orzysz, Poland) — 2011, Berlin, Germany
Germany · Soviet Union
Kurt Sanderling is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor
Kurt Sanderling was a German conductor who, after fleeing Nazi Germany, spent two decades in the Soviet Union conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic alongside Yevgeny Mravinsky, then returned to lead major East German orchestras and became renowned for his Brahms, Mahler, and Shostakovich. He built an international recording legacy. Sanderling was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in East Prussia.
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Orchestra conductor
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