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Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 26 August 1923
- Died
- 22 February 2013
- Place of birth
- Munich
- Place of death
- Grassau
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Wolfgang
- Family name
- Sawallisch
- Spouse
- Mechthild Sawallisch
- Genre
- classical music
- Occupation
- conductor, classical pianist, pianist, general music director, musician
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Awards
- Bavarian Order of Merit, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Bayerischer Poetentaler, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau, Hans von Bülow Medal, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- archives at
- Bavarian State Library, Bavarian Hauptstaatsarchiv
- described by source
- BEIC Digital Library
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- employer
- Theater Aachen
- instrument
- piano
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- name in native language
- Wolfgang Sawallisch
- record label
- EMI Classics
- start of work period
- 1947
- student of
- Joseph Haas, Igor Markevitch, Hans Rosbaud
- work location
- Aachen
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