US EditionChristoph Von Dohnányi, Who Led Cleveland Orchestra Until 2002, Dies at 95
Christoph von Dohnanyi led the Cleveland Orchestra for 18 years, recording over 100 works and expanding its international presence with tours and residencies, officials said.
- On Saturday, Christoph von Dohnanyi died in Munich, two days before his 96th birthday; the Cleveland Orchestra mourned his passing Sunday with condolences from André Gremillet.
- During his 1984–2002 tenure, Christoph von Dohnanyi served as The Cleveland Orchestra's music director, producing 109 recordings and leading a $37 million Severance Hall renovation in Cleveland.
- He led ambitious projects such as Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle performances in 1992–93 and 1993–94, the 1998 Cleveland Orchestra tour of mainland China, and a Salzburg Festival residency beginning in 1992.
- Dohnanyi last appeared with the orchestra in 2015 and withdrew from a scheduled 2017 engagement on his physician's advice, he is survived by Justus, Katja, Julia, Benedikt, Olga, and his brother Klaus Dohnanyi.
- His family's resistance led to executions on April 9, 1945, shaping Christoph von Dohnanyi's life; he served as Cleveland Orchestra music director from 1984 to 2002, recording over 100 works.
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Christoph von Dohnányi, who led Cleveland Orchestra until 2002, dies at 95
CLEVELAND (AP) — Christoph von Dohnányi, a conductor acclaimed for performances as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002, has died at age 95. Dohnányi died in Munich on Saturday, the Cleveland Orchestra said in a statement Monday. “A grand seigneur among the great international conductors to whom the Salzburg Festival owes its world reputation,” Salzburg Festival artistic director Markus Hinterhäuser said in statement. Dohn…
With the death on 6 September, at 95 years old, of the musical director of the prestigious Cleveland Orchestra, who had been for twenty years, disappeared one of the last great sticks of the 20th century. He had shared his career between great repertoire and modern music.
Greated as one of the greats of his generation, he would have been 96 on Monday.
Nobody connected passion and social interest better than conductor Christoph von Dohnányi. Now he died at the age of 95.
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