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Biography

Christoph von Dohnányi Free Music

Christoph von Dohnányi

Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 2007

German-born conductor, born 8 September 1929 in Berlin, Germany.
Chief Conductor of WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (1964-1970). General Music Director of the Orchester Der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt (1968-1977). Opera Director of Frankfurter Opern- Und Museumsorchester in 1972. Intendant & Music Director at the Orchester Der Staatsoper Hamburg (1972-1984). Music Director Designate (1982-1984) & Sixth Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, succeeding Lorin Maazel, becoming Music Director Laureate in 2002. Principal Guest Conductor (1994-1997) & Principal Conductor (1997-2008) of the Philharmonia Orchestra, becoming Honorary Conductor for Life in 2008. Music Adviser & Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre De Paris (1998-2000). Chief Conductor of NDR Sinfonieorchester (2004-2010). In 2013, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Royal Academy of Music.
Brother of Klaus von Dohnanyi; father of Justus von Dohnányi (from his first marriage); grandson of Ernst von Dohnányi; nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was married to Anja Silja (second wife; divorced).

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