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Born in Salzburg , he studied Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Conducting, and Composition at the Salzburg Mozarteum (1949-1957) with Paumgartner, Wimberger, Bresgen, J.N. David, and Kornauth. He was appointed assistant conductor at the Mainz City Theater (1957-1962) and, after conducting the Linz Landestheater (1962-1964), he was appointed first conductor of the Cologne Opera (1964-1965). He then served as Generalmusikdirektor in Freiburg im Breisgau (1965-1969), chief conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra and of the Landestheater in Salzburg (1969-1981). In October 1976 he debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York when conducting Le Nozze di Figaro. He also appeared as a guest conductor with other opera houses as well as orchestras in Europe ( Berlin Philharmonic , Vienna Philharmonic , etc.) and the USA . In 1981 he became chief conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg. Until 2004 he taught Orchestral Conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, a class which produced in the past such legends as Herbert Von Karajan , Zubin Mehta and Claudio Abbado , continuing a direct line of renowned teachers including Clemens Krauss and Hans Swarowsky.
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