Death of eminent Polish conductor

Death of eminent Polish conductor

RIP

norman lebrecht

April 30, 2021

The veteran international conductor Kazimierz Kord has died at the age of 90, Polish radio reports.

Longstanding music director of the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, he also headed the Southwest German radio orchestra.

In the US he conducted 62 times at the Met from 1972 and was principal guest at the Pacific Symphony.

Russian trained, he was a highly skilled maestro with limited flexibility in human relations.

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