Sir Georg Solti KBE was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi.
Where was George Solti born?
Georg Solti (conductor, born October 21, 1912, in Budapest, Hungary; died September 5, 1997)Few conductors in our country has inspired the sort of legend that surrounds Sir Georg Solti. His extraordinary performances of Beethoven, Wagner, Verdi, Mahler, and Strauss are revered on disc and treasured in memory.
Where did Georg Solti live?
Solti lived in London at the time of his death and was on vacation when he went to Antibes.
In the course of a many-faceted career, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991 and brought it to a level of artistic excellence that was recognized around the world. His other principal appointments included musical director of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in London (1961-71), director of the Orchestre de Paris (1970-75), and principal conductor of the London Philharmonic (1979-83).