Kurt Sanderling

Kurt Sanderling (born September 19, 1912) was a German conductor (he announced his retirement in 2002).

He was born in Arys in East Prussia, and after early work at the Berlin Städtische Oper, left for Russia in 1936, where he worked with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 1942 to 1960 he was joint principal conductor (with Evgeny Mravinsky) of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. He then returned to Germany (now East Germany) where he conducted the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Staatskapelle. He made his British debut in 1970, becoming particularly associated with the Philharmonia (he was eventually appointed their Conductor Emeritus).

Kurt Sanderling is the father of conductors Thomas Sanderling and Stefan Sanderling and cellist Michael Sanderling.

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Preceded by Hermann Hildebrandt	Principal Conductors, Konzerthausorchester Berlin 1960–1977	Succeeded by Günther Herbig
Preceded by Otmar Suitner	Principal Conductors, Dresden Staatskapelle 1964–1967	Succeeded by Martin Turnovský