Kurt Wöss

Kurt Wöss (2 May 1914, Linz, Austria 4 December 1987, Dresden, Germany) was an Austrian conductor and musicologist.

Wöss was principal conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1951 to 1954. From 1956 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Victorian Symphony Orchestra).

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Preceded by
none
Principal Conductors, NHK Symphony Orchestra
19511954
Succeeded by
Niklaus Aeschbacher
Preceded by
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Principal conductors, Bruckner Orchestra Linz
19671975
Succeeded by
Theodor Guschlbauer