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Paul Kletzki

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Paul Kletzki · Arts & Literature

What

Conductor and composer

When

1900, Łódź, Poland — 1973, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Where

Poland · Switzerland

Biography

Paul Kletzki is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and composer

How & why

Paul Kletzki was a Polish-born conductor and composer regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the Romantic repertoire in the mid-20th century, later music director of the Suisse Romande Orchestra. Born to a Jewish family in Łódź, he fled the Nazis and lost his parents and sister in the Holocaust; he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Conductor and composer

1900

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music