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Carlos Kleiber
German-born Austrian conductor (1930–2004)
Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was a German-born Austrian conductor, who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time.[1][2]
Early life
Kleiber was born as Karl Ludwig Bonifacius Kleiber in Berlin in 1930, the son of the eminent Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber and American Ruth Goodrich (née Baumgardner, 1900 – 1967),[3] from Waterloo, Iowa.[4][5] In 1935, the Kleiber family emigrated to Buenos Aires[6] and Karl was renamed Carlos.
As a youth, he had an English governess and grew up in English boarding schools. He also composed, sang, and played piano and timpani. While his father noticed his son's musical talents, he nevertheless dissuaded Carlos from pursuing a musical career: "What a pity the boy is musically talented", wrote Erich to a friend.[7]
Carlos first studied chemistry at ETH Zurich bu