Fritz Rieger

Friedrich " Fritz " Rieger (born 28 June 1910 in Ober Altstadt in the Giant Mountains in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, † September 30, 1978 in Bonn ) was a German conductor and music director.

Life

His musical education was Fritz Rieger in Prague, where he studied as a student of Fidelio Finke and George Szell at the German Academy of Music, the Conservatory. 1931 Rieger a coach at the German National Theatre Prague, where in 1934 and 1936 Second conductor Conductor of the Deutsches Theater in Prague; In 1938 he was Music Director of the newly established radio station Melnik on the Elbe; 1939 to 1941 he was director of the opera at the Municipal Theatre of Ústí nad Labem ( Usti nad Labem ). After the Munich Agreement and occupation of the Czech Republic by troops of the German Reich Fritz Rieger was registered in 1940 a member of the Nazi party and the party number 8417679 at the request of 10 June 1940, effective July 1. In 1941 he received an appointment as music director of the opera house in Bremen.

After the end of World War II (1939-1945) in 1947, the musical director of the orchestra of the National Theatre in Mannheim, West Germany Fritz Rieger as a pianist and conductor in the year. In 1949 he became head of the Munich Philharmonic and became successor illustrious predecessor, Felix Weingartner, Oswald Kabasta and Hans Rosbaud. His time as General Music Director in Munich lasted over 17 years until 1966. With guest appearances at the Munich State Opera and numerous worldwide concerts of the Munich Philharmonic Rieger worked with major soloists and singers such as David Oistrakh and Hermann Prey together.

In recognition of his achievements general music director Fritz Rieger In 1966, the city of Munich, the Honorary Golden coin and of the Federal Republic of Germany 1976 Great Cross of Merit. In the years 1971 to 1972, he was in Australia chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He died in 1978 and was buried in the cemetery in Munich Neuhausen in grave No. 5-1-2.

Discography

The first recordings with Fritz Rieger and the Sudeten German Philharmonic, the orchestra Bagatelles for his teacher Fidelio Finke were taken in 1940. With the Munich Philharmonic, he took the early 1950s, various titles for the label to Mercury; 1950-1956 for the German Grammophon and in the 1960s for the European Phono Club. On LP and CD live and radio recordings were released with music director Fritz Rieger.