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Kurt Sanderling

Kurt Sanderling

Born: 19th September 1912, Orzysz, Poland

Died: 18th September 2011, Berlin, Germany

Nationality: German

Kurt Sanderling, CBE was a German conductor.

Sanderling was born in Arys, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Orzysz, Poland), to Jewish parents. His early work at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he served as repetiteur (rehearsal director) for Wilhelm Furtwängler and Erich Kleiber, was cut short when the Nazi regime removed him from his post because he was Jewish. He then left for the Soviet Union in 1936, where he worked with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1939, he became conductor of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra.

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