Lotte Klemperer: born Cologne 1 November 1923; died Zurich 1 July 2003. Lotte Klemperer's life was one of quiet dignity and self-effacement. Thrust into the limelight as the daughter of the conductor ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Recording collections reveal the talents of an essential 20th-century musician who lived through mental illness, Nazism and other tribulations. By ...

Great! One word, perhaps, suffices to estimate the new conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Superenthusiastic, the audience gave its verdict last night, and it was preponderantly in favor of Otto ...

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the conductor's death, we explore the links between his life and music - plus, hear interviews with people who knew him Everybody has some things to regret: ...

Nothing annoys Conductor Otto Klemperer quite so much as applause. He takes his bows almost grudgingly, his craggy face expressionless, his eyes apparently unseeing. To Klemperer, musicmaking is ...

Dark, fierce-eyed Otto Klemperer has the awe-inspiring, fiery look of an Old Testament prophet. And, like Job, he has been sorely afflicted. Last week, at 61, after years of tragedy, Conductor ...

Werner Klemperer was a veteran actor who escaped Germany with his family prior to the start of World War II. Classically trained as a violinist and the son of noted conductor Otto Klemperer, he played ...