Erich Leinsdorf

Austrian-born American conductor.
Music director and principal conductor of:
• [a547971] (1943–1946, succeeding [a539131])
• [a933312] (1947–1955)
• [a2492982] (1955–1957)
• [a1411686] (1957–1962)
• [a395913] (1962–1969)

Born: February 4, 1912 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria).
Died: September 11, 1993 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Naturalized American citizen in 1942.