Maurice Abravanel

Maurice Abravanel

male, deceased (1993)
MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Weimar Republic, ottoman empire, American, lausanne, Jewish…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, Classical musician, musician
Maurice Abravanel, (January 6, 1903 - September 22, 1993), was a Greek-born Swiss conductor. Abravanel was born in Saloniki (Thessalonica), Greece...
Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill

male, deceased (1950)
Gisela May, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Classical composer, Jewish, German, classical music…Classical musician, Musicians who left Nazi Germany, born in Dessau, Germany
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 - April 3, 1950), was a German, and in his later years German-American, composer active from the 1920s until his...
Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter

male, deceased (1962)
naturalised, naturalising, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Bruno Schlesinger, From Berlin, middle name…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, Classical musician
Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin,...
William Steinberg

William Steinberg

male, deceased (1978)
MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, British Mandate of Palestine, Symphony No. 7, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, Classical musician
William Steinberg (August 1, 1899 - May 16, 1978) was a German conductor. Steinberg was born in Cologne, Germany leaving in 1936 for the British...
Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf

male, deceased (1993)
Erich Landauer, From Vienna, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, boston symphony orchestra, World War II, naturalized citizen of the United States…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, Classical musician, musician
Erich Leinsdorf (Erich Landauer) (February 4, 1912 - September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with...
Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

female, deceased (1981)
MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Tony Award winner, from russia with love, Austrian, best supporting actress, James Bond…Musicians who left Nazi Germany
Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1899 - November 27, 1981), was a Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer and actress, born Karoline...
Richard Tauber

Richard Tauber

male, deceased (1948)
Roman Catholic, buried at Brompton Cemetery, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, freiburg, British, Tenor…Musicians who left Nazi Germany
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 - 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics...
Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

male, deceased (1963)
musician, composer, Death from pancreatitis, Yale School of Music faculty, German classical violist, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany…Musicians who left Nazi Germany
Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 - 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.
Josef Krips

Josef Krips

male, deceased (1974)
MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Josef Alois Krips, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, musician
Josef Alois Krips (April 8, 1902 - October 13 1974) was an Austrian conductor and violinist. Krips was born in Vienna, Austria, and went on to...
Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen

male, deceased (1966)
emigrant, Britten's Child, libretto, MusicianwholeftNaziGermany, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Britten's Children…Musicians who left Nazi Germany, musician
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor. Born in Berlin, he conducted in Riga from 1914 to 1916 and in Konigsberg from 1928 to 1933, after which...