Felix Lederer

Felix Lederer ( born February 25, 1877 in Prague, † March 26, 1957 in Berlin) was an Austrian musician and conductor of Czech origin.

Lederer studied at the Prague Conservatory, where he was inter alia Student of Antonín Dvořák. Later he moved to the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. 1897 Lederer received his first engagement as a coach at the municipal theater of Breslau. This office had Lederer held until 1899 and took in the fall of this year to a reputation as second conductor at the Municipal Theater in Nuremberg. As such, he also served until 1903 as director of the city opera Kalle. In 1903 they picked him as principal conductor of the Stadttheater Augsburg, where he remained for two years.

He then went to the Opernhaus Barmen and 1905-1908 Stadttheater Barmen. 1908 Lederer was engaged for two years to the city Theater Bremen. He then moved to the National Theater in Mannheim, where he directed until 1922 as General Music Director of the Opera. At the same time, he led the Mannheim Musikverein and brought the urban concerts to new heights. 1922 brought one Lederer as General Director of Music in Saarbrücken, where he acquired in 1935 for political reasons after the " return of the Saar territory " of the Ministry of Arts disbarment.

In the spring of 1946, Lederer took a professorship at the Academy of Music in Berlin. There he worked until 1952 as Professor of Conducting and Director of the Opera School. 1952 Lederer laid by one, all his offices, and devoted himself only to conducting. By the end of his life he continued to perform as a successful concert conductor to the public.