BERLIN (AP) — German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, acclaimed for his musical brilliance and unpretentious leadership of the Bavarian State Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died. He was 89.

Wolfgang Sawallisch, music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1993 to 2003, died in his home in Grassau, Germany, Friday. He was 89 years old. An oft-told story, from the winter of 1994, puts ...

German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch died Friday evening at age 89 at home in Grassau, Germany, near Munich. His death was announced by the Bavarian State Opera, a company with which he was long ...

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It isn’t at all surprising that Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra without using a score, but it does tell you something about the orchestra and its splendid, confident sound.

I can say that, after 40 years of playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and all of its renowned soloists, I consider Wolfgang Sawallisch the most impressive musician I have ever encountered. He was ...

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Wolfgang Sawallisch's achievements included winning La Scala's Golden Baton award Wolfgang Sawallisch, one of Germany's greatest conductors and a former music director and manager of the Bavarian ...

A conductor formed in the opera houses of postwar Germany had a surprising late-life renaissance in the U.S. The former Philadelphia Orchestra... German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch died Friday ...

Wolfgang Sawallisch, one of Germany's greatest conductors and a former music director and manager of the Bavarian State Opera, has died at the age of 89. The conductor, who also once led the ...

Wolfgang Sawallisch, one of Germany's greatest conductors and a former music director and manager of the Bavarian State Opera, has died at the age of 89. The conductor, who also once led the ...