The death of Carlos Kleiber on July 13 2004 at the age of 74 brings to a sudden end the sporadically active career of one of the most enigmatic yet respected conductors of this century. Of course, the respect to some extent stemmed from ...

An exclusive new clique has formed in the world’s concert foyers. Following the sad death of the conductor Carlos Kleiber, a notoriously elusive performer, a silken cord of snobbishness now separates the few of us who witnessed the...

  
The charismatic, eccentric and enigmatic conductor Carlos Kleiber became a legend during his lifetime. Although loved, even adored by musicians and the public, once established as a leading conductor, he refused to accept a permanent p...