Michael Gielen
Michael Gielen · Arts & Literature
Conductor and composer
1927, Dresden, Germany — 2019, Mondsee, Austria
Germany · Argentina · Austria
Michael Gielen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and composer
Michael Gielen was a German-Austrian conductor and composer known for penetrating interpretations of the modern repertoire — Mahler, the Second Viennese School and contemporary music — and for leading the SWR Symphony Orchestra and Frankfurt Opera. His family fled Nazi Germany to Argentina in the 1930s. He was of Jewish descent through his mother, Rose Steuermann, sister of the pianist Eduard Steuermann.
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Conductor and composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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