Alwin, Karl (Real Name, Alwin Oskar Pinkus)
Alwin, Karl (Real Name, Alwin Oskar Pinkus)
Alwin, Karl (Real Name, Alwin Oskar Pinkus), German conductor; b. Kònigsberg, April 15, 1891; d. Mexico City, Oct. 15, 1945. He studied composition with Humperdinck and Hugo Kaun in Berlin. He conducted in Halle (1913), Posen (1914), Dusseldorf (1915–17), and Hamburg (1917–20). From 1920 to 1938 he conducted at the Vienna State Opera. In 1941 he settled in Mexico City. He was married to Elisabeth Schumann from 1920 to 1936.
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