Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg
Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (15 April 1906, in Stuttgart – 1 April 1985, in Hamburg) was a German conductor.
He began his career in Munich as an assistant to Hans Knappertsbusch at the Bavarian State Opera. After several appointments in Essen, Dortmund, and Kiel, in 1934 he succeeded Herbert von Karajan as first Kapellmeister in Ulm. In 1937 he conducted a complete Beethoven cycle at the invitation…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- Germany
- Born
- April 15th, 1906
- Died
- April 1st, 1985
- Labels
- Sony Classical CBS CBS Records Masterworks Columbia Masterworks Masterworks Portrait