Death of a German maestro, 90

Death of a German maestro, 90

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norman lebrecht

January 30, 2020

The conductor Othmar Mága died on Tuesday.

He was chief conductor at Göttingen (1962-1967), Nuremberg (1968-1970), the Odense Symphony in Denmark and the Korean Radio Symphony Orchestra in Seoul (1992-1996).

 

Comments

  • Michael Korstick says:
    January 30, 2020 at 3:27 pm

    He was a real gentleman and a pleasure to work with. I still have very fond memories of playing the Prokofiev Second Concerto under his baton in Nuremberg some 20 years ago.

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  • Opera Tourist says:
    January 30, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    There are some excellent concerto recordings that he made in the 1970s. An underrated conductor!

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  • Ricardo says:
    January 30, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Rest in peace. I played with him a few times (once as soloist on Sæverud’s Romanza) back in the late 80s/early 90s. A nice fellow and fine conductor.

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  • Jerome Hoberman says:
    January 31, 2020 at 2:20 am

    How enviable, to read these comments on a conductor’s obituary!

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