Wilhelm Loibner

Conductor from Austria
1909, January 5th in Vienna - 1971, April 23rd in Bad Hall, Austria

Wilhelm Loibner was an Austrian conductor, born in Vienna on 5 January 1909 and died in Bad Hall on 23 April 1971. He studied piano, composition and conducting at the Vienna Music Academy with Clemens Krauss and Franz Schmidt. In 1931 he joined the Vienna State Opera as a répétiteur, and in 1937, aged 28, he was appointed Kapellmeister there, a post he held for the rest of his life. He also appeared regularly with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and taught at the Vienna Music Academy from 1949 to 1953. From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and from 1963 he was artistic director of the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company in Australia. He toured widely, often with his wife, the soprano Ruthilde Boesch. His recordings include sessions for Remington Records. Source: Rondo DB

Usual Name Wilhelm Loibner
Ensembles NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1957 to 1959
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