| Otto Klemperer  Born: 14-May-1885
Birthplace: Breslau, Silesia, Germany
Died: 6-Jul-1973
Location of death: Zürich, Switzerland
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Israelitischen Friedhof, Zürich, Switzerland
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Conductor Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Prominent German conductor Renowned for his interpretations of Mahler, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Had a brain tumor removed in 1939, which exacerbated his bipolar disorder.
Father: Nathan Klemperer (merchant)
Mother: Ida Nathan
Wife: Jennie Gaissler (opera singer, m. 1919, d. 1956, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Lotte Klemperer (her father's assistant, b. 1923, d. 2003)
Son: Werner Klemperer (actor, b. 22-Mar-1920, d. 6-Dec-2000)
Conservatory: Hoch's Conservatory, Frankfurt
Conservatory: Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, Berlin
Philharmonia Conductor (1959-73)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor (1950-53)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1937)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director (1933-39)
Berlin State Opera Principal Conductor (1931-33)
Kroll Opera, Berlin Music Director (1927-31)
Wiesbaden Opera Music Director (1924-27)
Cologne Opera Music Director (1917-24)
Strasbourg Opera Music Director (1914-17)
Hamburg Opera Principal Conductor (1910-14)
German National Theater, Prague (1907-10)
Goering Medal 1933
Naturalized US Citizen 1937
Converted to Catholicism 1919
German Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Bipolar Disorder, Brain Cancer
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