Otto Soellner

Otto Söllner (born July 26, 1903 in Munich , † May 10, 1983 in Freilassing ) was a German music educator , general director of the Trier Opera and conductor a. a. of the Saigon Symphony Orchestra.

life and work

Söllner was a graduate of the Mozarteum in Salzburg . He then worked as a conductor in Krefeld (1926–1935), Aachen (1935–1939), Trier (1939–1940) and Gießen (1940–1944) before becoming General Director of the Trier Opera in 1947. In 1960 the Foreign Office sent Söllner to South Vietnam for the first time , where he led the Saigon Symphony Orchestra at the request of the South Vietnamese government. Overall, with the support of the Federal Foreign Office, he stayed in South Vietnam until 1968. From 1963 he was mainly active as a music teacher in Huế . After the Tet offensive , Söllner fled Vietnam in 1968 and settled in Freilassing .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Music Education and the Production of Prestige: West German Music Diplomacy in South Vietnam (1960–1968) . In: Arts and International Affairs . October 24, 2018 ( theartsjournal.net [accessed November 4, 2018]).
^ Institute for Foreign Relations: Communications - Institute for Foreign Relations . Institute for Foreign Relations, 1960, p. 323 ( limited preview in Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Söllner, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German music educator, general director of the Trier Opera and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	May 10, 1983
Place of death	Freilassing

[Arts-1] A ^b Music Education and the Production of Prestige: West German Music Diplomacy in South Vietnam (1960–1968) . In: Arts and International Affairs . October 24, 2018 ( theartsjournal.net [accessed November 4, 2018]).

[books-XSrTAAAAMAAJ--2] Institute for Foreign Relations: Communications - Institute for Foreign Relations . Institute for Foreign Relations, 1960, p. 323 ( limited preview in Google book search).