Otto Ackermann (conductor)
Otto Ackermann (born October 5, 1909 in Bucharest ; † March 9, 1960 in Wabern near Bern ) was a Swiss conductor born in Romania .
Ackermann studied at the Royal Academy in Bucharest, then with George Szell and Julius Prüwer at the Berlin Music Academy. After stints as Kapellmeister in Düsseldorf (with Walter Bruno Iltz ), Brno, Bern, Zurich, Lucerne and Vienna ( Volksoper ), he worked from 1954 as GMD at the Cologne City Theaters , from 1959 as musical director at the City Theater in Zurich .
Ackermann, who also appeared as a guest conductor in many European cities, made a name for himself in particular as a conductor of operettas (of which numerous recordings for EMI- Electrola testify) and Mozart operas . Ackermann's artistic estate is in the Swiss National Sound Archives in Lugano.
Ackermann was buried in the Grindelwald cemetery .
literature
- Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Otto Ackermann . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 27.
- Uwe Harten : Ackermann, Otto. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Friedrich Herzfeld (ed.): DBG music lexicon. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1965.
Web links
- Thomas Gartmann: Ackermann, Otto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Discography and curriculum vitae at the Swiss National Sound Archives
- Otto Ackermann at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ackermann, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1960 |
| Place of death | Wabern near Bern |