Wolfgang Gayler

Wolfgang Gayler (born December 19, 1934 in Stuttgart ; † October 6, 2011 in Nuremberg ) was a German conductor and pianist .

Life

Gayler was born in 1934 as the son of a dentist. From 1945 to 1954 he attended the Reutlingen grammar school. He then studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart , the State University of Music Stuttgart , the University of Music Freiburg and the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . He was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation .

He started out as a tutor in Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1965 he moved to the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters . In 1977 he became deputy general music director and in 1993 music director of the city of Nuremberg. In 1984 he was a guest conductor at the Hamburg State Opera .

In 1958 he shared the 2nd prize of the Kranichstein Music Prize (piano) with Gábor Gabos and Rolf Kuhnert .

Gayler was married and had four children.

Norbert Beleke (ed.): Who is who? . The German Who's Who . 2007/2008. Volume 46, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7950-2044-6 , p. 382.

personal data
SURNAME	Gayler, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German conductor and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 2011
Place of death	Nuremberg