R.I.P 〓 Friedemann Layer, Austrian Conductor

2019/11/04

Austrian conductor Friedemann Layer died at the age of 78 in Potsdam near Berlin on the 3rd. Layer was born in Vienna. Studied how to conduct with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna. Then he gained experience as an assistant to Herbert von Karajan at the Ulm Opera and Salzburg Festival.

Later, in 1974, he became the conductor of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and from 1987 to 1990 served as General Music Director (GMD) of the Mannheim State Opera. From 1994, he moved to the French National Opera of Montpellier. At the same time, he was also the music director of the Montpellier Festival. From 2007, he returned to Mannheim, where he served again as General Music Director until 2009.

Photo:Mannheimer Nationaltheaters / RHEINPFALZ / kunz

How about this ?

  1. Sacramento 〓 Maria Callas revives on the stage with a hologram

  2. NEW YORK 〓 Emerson String Quartet did a farewell concert at Lincoln Center.

  3. VIENNA 〓 Mariss Jansons has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Vienna Philharmonic

  4. SAN FRANCISCO 〓 San Francisco Opera announces its performance lineup for the 2025/2026 season

  5. BAYREUTH 〓 Christine Goerke declines festival debut

  6. OSAKA 〓 Dutoit will return to Japan at Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

  7. CHICAGO 〓 Chicago Symphony Orchestra cancels summer European tour

  8. SEATTLE 〓 Seattle Symphony Orchestra has appointed Xian Zhang to the vacant position of music director

  9. AMSTERDAM 〓 Dutch National Opera & Ballet has announced its performance lineup for the 2024/2025 season

  10. MINNEAPOLIS 〓 Osmo Vänskä will leave Minnesota Orchestra

  11. MUNICH 〓 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra has announced a lineup of the 2020/2021 season

  12. [ Opera Flash 2018 ] Salzburg Festival … The Bassarids

  13. BOURNEMOUTH 〓 Mark Wigglesworth Appointed Next Chief Conductor of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

  14. NEW YORK 〓 Metropolitan Opera celebrates the 50th anniversary of Domingo’s theater debut

  15. AMSTERDAM 〓 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra appoints Daniel Harding as the conductor of the US tour

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.