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He was the son of the violinist Jan Kubelík . He studied at the conservatory in Prague . From 1936 to 1939 and again from 1942 to 1948 he was conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra . With the rise of the Communist s following World War II , he left Czechoslovakia (he became a citizen of Switzerland in 1967). Kubelik eventually became conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1953 (reportedly a frustrating experience both for him and the orchestra), music director of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden from 1955 to 1958, of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1979, and of the Metropolitan Opera , New York City , from 1972 to 1974. As a conductor, he recorded the cycle of Robert Schumann's symphonies on two occasions (for Deutsche Gramophon and for Sony Classical [1979 ). His complete cycle of the Mahler symphonies (recorded from 1967 to 1970) is still highly regarded. Among his compositions are five Opera s, a number of Symphonies , and Chamber Music . On his death in 1996, he was interred in the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague.
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