What is Sergiu Celibidache?
[[File:CelibidacheAtCurtis.jpg|thumb|right|Sergiu Celibidache giving a conducting lesson at the Curtis Institute in 1984]] '''Sergiu Celibidache''' ({{IPA-ro|ˈserd͡ʒju t͡ʃelibiˈdake|lang}}; {{OldStyleDate|11 July|1912|28 June}}{{spaced ndash}}14 August 1996) was a Romanian [[conducting|conductor]]. He was one of the great conductors of his time, living in [[Germany]] all his adult life. ==His life== Celibidache was born in [[Romania]]. He went to [[Berlin]] in [[1936]] and in [[1939]] studied there at the [[Hochschule für Musik]]. He got a [[doctorate]] by writing about the [[Renaissance]] composer [[Josquin Desprez]]. He was lucky very early in his career to be appointed as conductor of the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]. He stayed with them until [[1952]] when [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] returned. He later worked with radio orchestras in [[Stockholm]], [[Stuttgart]] and [[Paris]]. He also worked for a time in Britain, as well as touring in [[Europe]] and [[South America]]. From 1979 until his death he was music director of the [[Munich Philharmonic]]. He taught at [[Mainz University]] in Germany and in 1984 taught at the [[Curtis Institute]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. He liked teaching and often let students come to his lessons without having to pay. Celibidache did not like making recordings, although there are a few recordings of his concerts which have survived. He was well known for asking for lots of rehearsals, and he rehearsed his orchestras in great detail. He often chose very slow speeds for the slow [[movement (music)|movements]] and very fast speeds for the fast movements. In Munich he had a long argument with the [[trombone]] player Abbie Conant because he did not want her in the orchestra. Conant thought it was because she was a woman that he did not want her. The argument lasted for 12 years. Celibidache died near [[Paris]] in 1996 at 84. == References == New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie; {{ISBN|1-56159-174-2}} <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT: