Rudolf Schwarz
Rudolf Schwarz · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1905, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1994, London, United Kingdom
Austria · Germany · United Kingdom
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Rudolf Schwarz was an Austrian-born conductor who led major orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham's City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. A Jewish musician, he survived imprisonment in the Auschwitz and Belsen concentration camps during the Holocaust before rebuilding his career in Britain, where he championed the classical and contemporary repertoire.
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Orchestra conductor
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