Austrian-Argentine conductor Carlos Kleiber, dubbed one of the greatest and most difficult conductors of his time, died at age 74 last week, Austrian state television reported Monday. Kleiber was ...

A documentary about the life and career of the conductor Carlos Kleiber Featuring interviews with Placido Domingo Brigitte Fassbaender Manfred Honeck Michael Gielen and others On the 11th July 2004 ...

The Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber, who died July 13 in Slovenia, was a thrilling enigma in classical music. He was among the most lauded and sought-after conductors of opera, and his recordings of ...

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Carlos Kleiber’s legendary career flew in the face of every rule held sacred in the international big leagues of conducting. A genius of the baton whose extreme reclusiveness only added to his ...

August 11, 2009 • Whenever the reclusive Carlos Kleiber conducted an orchestra, it was a major event. Hear him bring out all the pent-up emotions in Brahms' final symphony, with the help of the Vienna ...

Austrian classical conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was as eccentric and reclusive as he was brilliant, persistently and obstreperously declining to participate in the international music ...

Gramophone critic David Gutman examines the reclusive conductor whose legendary career began with his father Erich writing, ‘What a pity the boy is musically talented’ Celebrating Carlos Kleiber’s ...

German-born Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber gestures during a rehearsal of the opera "Tristain and Isolde" composed by Richard Wagner, staged by August Everding on July 10, 1974 in Bayreuth, Germany ...