!!!Hager, Leopold

Hager, Leopold, b. Salzburg, Oct. 6, 1935, conductor. 
1955-1957 studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg; 1957-1962 repetiteur 
and choirmaster; later chief kapellmeister in Mainz; 1962-1964 
kapellmeister in Linz and 1964-1965 in Cologne; 1965-1969 chief music 
director in Freiburg im Breisgau, 1969-1981 director of the Mozarteum 
Orchestra. From 1981 artistic director of the RTL Symphony Orchestra 
(Luxembourg), guest conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna 
Philharmonic, etc. Particularly esteemed for his premières of 
contemporary music (H.  Eder, Jean Francaix, Giselher Klebe).


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