János Kulka (conductor)

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János Kulka (born December 11, 1929 in Budapest , † October 18, 2001 in Stuttgart ) was a Hungarian conductor and composer .

Life

Grave in Budapest

Kulka was educated in Budapest, where he also spent his youth. After his studies, he was a solo coach and later became a conductor at the Budapest State Opera . In 1957 he worked in Vienna and later at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich . At the Württemberg State Opera in Stuttgart he was first conductor and in 1961 at the Hamburg State Opera . From 1964 to 1975 he was general music director in Wuppertal . During this time he conducted as a guest at home and abroad. From 1976 to 1987 he directed the Northwest German Philharmonic and was also Staatskapellmeister in Stuttgart.

After a serious illness, Kulka died in Stuttgart in October 2001.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ute Lähnemann: Me about myself: 50 prominent Wuppertaler tell , Lau, Wuppertal 1969
  2. ↑ János Kulka died at the age of 71 in Stuttgart on October 22, 2001; Accessed August 2009
  3. ^ The Hungarian conductor János Kulka is dead on October 19, 2001; Accessed August 2009
  4. ^ Gaylord Music Library ( Memento from June 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 2009
personal data
SURNAME Kulka, János
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2001
Place of death Stuttgart