Friedemann Layer
Friedemann Layer (30 October 1941 – 3 November 2019) was an Austrian conductor. He was assistant to Herbert von Karajan in Ulm and to Karl Böhm. In 1989, he conducted a film version of Der Schauspieldirektor, with Zdzisława Donat and Christian Boesch in the cast.
Friedemann Layer
- Born
- 1941 · Vienna.
- Died
- 2019 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- conductor · musician
- Languages
- German
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1941
Friedemann Layer born at Vienna.
2019
Friedemann Layer died at Berlin.
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Layer was chief conductor of the Opéra national de Montpellier from 1994 to 2007.
• Henze - Symphony No 10; 4 Poemi; La Selva Incantata. Montpellier National Orchestra • Mieczysław Karłowicz - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra • Alfano - Risurrezione Accord • Offenbach - Die Rheinnixen Accord • Respighi - La campana sommersa Accord • Lidarti - Esther oratorio in Hebrew. Accord. • Ponchielli - Marion Delorme Accord • Zoltán Kodály - Háry János sung in Hungarian, with French narration by Gérard Depardieu. Accord • Cilea - L'arlesiana Accord • Antoine Mariotte - Salomé Accord
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