biography
pronunciation:
[sholtee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–97)
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary. World War 2 forced him to give up his post as conductor of the Budapest Opera, and he worked in Switzerland until 1946, when he became director at the Munich Staatsoper (until 1952), at Frankfurt (1952–61), and Covent Garden, London (1961–71). He conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1969–91) and the London Philharmonic (1979–83, then emeritus), and later became artistic director of the Salzburg Easter Festival (1992–3). He was granted an honorary knighthood in 1971, and took British nationality in 1972. |
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