Kout, Jiří
Kout, Jiří (b Novedvory, 1937). Cz. conductor. Cond. Pilsener Opera and SO. Won cond. comps. in Besançon 1965 and Brussels 1969. Prin. cond. Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf 1978–84, prin. res. cond. Deutsche Oper, Berlin, from 1990. Amer. début Los Angeles 1988; NY Met début 1991; CG début 1993.
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