Curtis mourns its conducting professor

We have received notice of the death, at 89, of Otto-Werner Mueller, professor of conducting at the Curtis Institute, possibly the most sought-after tutor in America.

His students included Paavo Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Rossen Milanov.

Notification below.

UPDATE: This challenging giant was never Mueller light.

Muti, O-WM, Gary Graffman, 1987

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

My heart is heavy, and I’m filled with sadness as I share the news that my beloved husband Otto-Werner Mueller passed away peacefully at ​our ​home ​in Charlotte ​on Thursday evening, February 25.

I will soon provide more information ​on ​Otto’s amazing life and memorials to honor him in Charlotte, New York and Philadelphia.