Rudolf Kempe
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Rudolf Kempe (14 June 1910 – 12 May 1976) was a German conductor. Biography: Kempe was born in Dresden, where from the age of fourteen he studied at the Dresden State Opera School. He played oboe in the opera orchestra of Dortmund and then in the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra, from 1929. In addition to oboe, he played the piano regularly, as a soloist, in chamber music or accompanying, as a result of which, in 1933, the new Director of the Leipzig Opera invited Kempe to become a répétiteur, and
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rudolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- oboist
- Employer
- Bavarian State Opera
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- oboe
- Image
- Rudolf Kempe - collezione Tino Barindelli.tif
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- Rudolf Kempe
- date of death
- 1976-05-12
- date of birth
- 1910-06-14
- place of burial
- Bogenhausener Friedhof
- name in native language
- Rudolf Kempe
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