Carl Melles
Carl Melles (born Melles Károly; 15 July 1926 – 25 April 2004) was an Austrian orchestral conductor of Hungarian descent.
Also recorded as Karoly Melles
Carl Melles
- Born
- 1926 · Budapest.
- Died
- 2004 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Hungary · Austria
- Occupation
- conductor · musician
- Fields
- music
- Education
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music · Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School
- Honours
- Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria · Franz Liszt Prize
- Languages
- German
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Carl Melles (born Melles Károly; 15 July 1926 – 25 April 2004) was an Austrian orchestral conductor of Hungarian descent.
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Carl Melles studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music and Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is music. Employment is recorded with Franz Liszt Academy of Music and Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Distinctions recorded are Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria and Franz Liszt Prize.
He married Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929–2001), daughter of an actress, Ila Lóth. They are parents of an actress Sunnyi Melles, who is married to Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
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He conducted Wagner's Tannhauser at the 1966 Bayreuth Festival.
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