Hans Swarowsky

Herbert von Karajan invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the Vienna State Opera. He became a professor of conducting at the Vienna Music Academy. His many conducting students included Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Alexis Hauser, Alexander Alexeev, Zubin Mehta, Leonid Nikolaev, Paul Angerer, Ádám and Iván Fischer, Avi Ostrowsky Jesús López-Cobos, Gustav Meier, Ewa Michnik, Miltiades Caridis, Aleksandr Alekseyev, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Brian Jackson, Alfred Prinz, Bryan Fairfax, James Allen Gähres, Albert Rosen, Bruno Weil, and Wolfgang Harrer. Otmar Suitner was Hans Swarowsky's successor at the Vienna Music Academy. Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication Wahrung der Gestalt (Keeping Shape), which today serves as an encyclopaedia for performance and conducting. From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (now the Royal Scottish N.O.). He died in Salzburg, Austria, less than a week before his 76th birthday.

Hans Swarowsky studied at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Training under Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern is recorded. Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons and Olga Révhegyi are recorded as having studied under Hans Swarowsky. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Distinctions recorded are Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.

For the Official Discography browse here. • Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto n°2 and Piano concerto n°5, Orazio Frugoni (piano), Pro Musica Orchestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8410 (rec.1954) • Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Ivry Gitlis (violin), Pro Musica Orchestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8840 (rec.1954)