Gerd Albrecht
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gerd Albrecht was a German conductor. Biography Albrecht was born in Essen, the son of the musicologist Hans Albrecht . He studied music in Kiel and in Hamburg, where his teachers included Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg. He was a first-prize winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors at age 22. His first post was as a repetiteur at the Stuttgart State Opera. Later, he became Senior Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Mainz, and Generalmusikdirektor in Lübeck. He also held posts at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Hamburg State Opera.