Austrian-Argentine conductor Carlos Kleiber, dubbed one of the greatest and most difficult conductors of his time, died at age 74 last week, Austrian state television reported Monday. Kleiber was ...

German-born Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber gestures during a rehearsal of the opera "Tristain and Isolde" composed by Richard Wagner, staged by August Everding on July 10, 1974 in Bayreuth, Germany ...

Ask 10 conductors to name the maestro they would most like to be and nine will say: Carlos Kleiber. The 10th might pause a second before adding, "but his repertoire was so small." Over the course of ...

What does that mean? Repertoire – small and ever shrinking; range of music – selected symphonies of Beethoven and Brahms, many operas, Viennese music; appearances – sporadic and increasingly rare; ...

Gramophone critic David Gutman examines the reclusive conductor whose legendary career began with his father Erich writing, ‘What a pity the boy is musically talented’ Celebrating Carlos Kleiber’s ...

A documentary about the life and career of the conductor Carlos Kleiber Featuring interviews with Placido Domingo Brigitte Fassbaender Manfred Honeck Michael Gielen and others On the 11th July 2004 ...

Austrian classical conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was as eccentric and reclusive as he was brilliant, persistently and obstreperously declining to participate in the international music ...

August 11, 2009 • Whenever the reclusive Carlos Kleiber conducted an orchestra, it was a major event. Hear him bring out all the pent-up emotions in Brahms' final symphony, with the help of the Vienna ...