Siegfried Köhler (conductor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Siegfried Köhler (conductor)

German conductor

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 12-Sep-2017

Profession: writer, composer, conductor, university teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Siegfried Köhler (30 July 1923 – 12 September 2017) was a German conductor and composer of classical music.
He worked as general music director of opera houses such as Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Royal Swedish Opera.
Köhler conducted premieres of works by Hans Werner Henze and Volker David Kirchner, among others, and revived rarely performed operas.
He also composed music for the stage and taught at universities of music in Cologne and Saarbrücken.