Hans Swarowsky
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Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899, Budapest, Hungary - September 10, 1975, Salzburg, Austria) was an Austrian conductor. He was also a professor of Conducting at the Vienna University of Music. This school produced many of the most famous conductors of both our times and of the past century, including Claudio Abbado, Ulf Söderblom, Jacques Delacote, Adam and Ivan Fischer,Mariss Jansons, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Zubin Mehta, Peter Schneider, and Bruno Weil. Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication "Keeping Shape", which today serves as a bible for questions regarding performance and conducting.
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- Discography
- Link to Swarowsky entry in Internet Movie Database
- Brief entry on Swarowsky at a site devoted to Maurice Abravanel.
| Preceded by: Oswald Kabasta |
Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1946–1948 |
Succeeded by: Herbert von Karajan |
| Preceded by: Karl Rankl |
Principal Conductor, Royal Scottish National Orchestra 1957–1959 |
Succeeded by: Alexander Gibson |
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