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Otto Ackermann

Otto Ackermann

Born: 18th October 1909, Bucharest

Died: 9th March 1960, Wabern bei Bern (Bern)

Nationality: Romainian

Otto Ackermann was a Romanian conductor who made his career mainly in Switzerland.

Ackermann was born in Bucharest. He studied at Bucharest Academy of Music and the Berlin Hochschule.

He conducted the Royal Romanian Opera on tour when aged only 15, and then held many important appointments as operatic conductor, beginning with Düsseldorf Opera, 1928-1932 (when aged 18 to 23). Then he was at Brno (1932-1935), Bern (1935-1945) and Vienna, with much travelling and concert-giving all over Europe, and recordings made with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. He held Swiss citizenship.

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