Death of a Karajan protégé, 74

Death of a Karajan protégé, 74

RIP

norman lebrecht

January 23, 2022

The Austrian conductor Karolos Trikolidis, a student of Herbert von Karajan and like him half-Greek, has died of a malignant illness just short of his 75th birthday.

Trikolidis held posts in Iceland, Hungary, Russia and Austria but his main contributions was as music director of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra for 38 years, from 1972 to 2010.

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