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Herbert Kegel
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 1990
Discography
Member of
- Dresdner Philharmonie1977–1985
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Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920, Dresden – 20 November 1990, Dresden) was a German conductor. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began conducting in Pirna and Rostock; and in 1948 he began a three-decade-long association with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Choir, of which he became the principal conductor in 1960. Meanwhile in 1977 Kegel took the position of principal conductor of Dresden Philharmonic Or
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- 2022-02-24 Rubinsteinstraße, Dresden, 05.jpg
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- Herbert Kegel
- date of birth
- 1920-07-29
- date of death
- 1990-11-20
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Herbert Kegel
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