Kleiber

American  

[klahy-buhr] / ˈklaɪ bər /

noun

1. Erich 1890–1956, Austrian orchestra conductor.

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Example Sentences

Abbado remained acutely conscious of conducting history, symbolically wearing a watch given to him by Erich Kleiber, a fellow champion of Berg.

From New York Times

After Kleiber died, his estate remained adamant that other material languishing in the vault should stay there.

From New York Times

In the early 1980s, Deutsche Grammophon put out a “Tristan” against the wishes of the notoriously recording-shy conductor Carlos Kleiber, leading to the severing of his relationship with the label.

From New York Times

“I will never permit myself to sing under bad conditions when my voice is not ready to sing,” she said in the Duffie interview and added that she was proud to be part of a “trio” that included conductor Carlos Kleiber and pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli — about both of whom the same complaint had been made.

From Washington Post

Surrounded in Argentina by refugees who had no sympathy for the style of the conductors who stayed behind to serve the Third Reich, Gielen, a répétiteur and budding conductor at the Teatro Colón, gravitated toward the textual literalism of his two antifascist idols, Erich Kleiber and Arturo Toscanini.

From New York Times