Wolfgang Sawallisch(1923-2013)

German conductor and pianist. With the violinist Gerhard Seitz he won first prize for duos at the 1949 Geneva International Competition, and began to conduct as a guest in Germany. He became general music director at Aachen (1953-1958), Wiesbaden (1958-1960) and Cologne (1960-1963), where he also directed the conductors' class at the academy. In 1971 he was appointed Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper in Munich, and in 1993 he became musical director of the Philadelphia Orchestra.