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A conductor from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Croatia. After joining the Vienna Boys' Choir, he studied at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts. He made his debut in Germany in 1919, but returned to his homeland in 1938 and became a leading conductor in Germany. After World War II, he made a name for himself by guest conductors at opera houses in Vienna, Munich, Milan, and other places, and became general music director of the Dresden State Opera from 1956 to 1958 and the Frankfurt Opera from 1961 to 1966. He then served as music director of the Zagreb Philharmonic and the Monte Carlo State Opera, but after 1978 he became a freelancer due to poor health, and passed away in Zagreb. In 1965 (Showa 40), he first came to Japan with the Slavic Opera Company and performed with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and after that he frequently visited Japan to guest conductor the NHK Symphony Orchestra, becoming the orchestra's honorary conductor. With his profound and persuasive style, he showed his true worth in Beethoven, Wagner, and Bruckner.

[Hiroyuki Iwai]

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旧ユーゴスラビアの指揮者。クロアチア出身。ウィーン少年合唱団を経てウィーン音楽大学に学ぶ。1919年ドイツでデビューしたが、38年には故国に帰って活動、同国の代表的な指揮者となる。第二次世界大戦後、ウィーン、ミュンヘン、ミラノなど各地の歌劇場に客演して名をあげ、56～58年ドレスデン国立歌劇場、61～66年フランクフルト歌劇場の音楽総監督となる。その後ザグレブ・フィルハーモニーとモンテ・カルロ国立歌劇場の音楽監督を務めたが、78年以後は健康優れずフリーで活動、ザグレブに没した。65年（昭和40）スラブ歌劇団と初来日してNHK交響楽団と共演、その後もしばしば来日してN響に客演し、同団の名誉指揮者となった。重厚で説得力のある芸風で、ベートーベン、ワーグナー、ブルックナーに真価を発揮した。

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