Rudolf Alberth (writing into the 1950s: Albert) (28 March 1918 – 29 May 1992Alain Pâris: Klassische Musik im 20. Jahrhundert, 2nd edition, Munich 1997, , .) was a German conductor.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Alberth originally studied in composition at the Hoch Conservatory,Das Orchester Volume 40 1992 page 959 however instead took up interest as a conductor and made his conducting debut in 1945. Alberth was strongly committed to contemporary music, in particular with the Bayerischer Rundfunk and conducted numerous world premieres at home and abroad. In the 1950s he collaborated with Olivier Messiaen in Paris and conducted the premiere of Messiaen's composition Oiseaux exotiques in the Théâtre Marigny on 10 March 1956.Peter Hill, Nigel Simeone: Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques. Landmarks in Music Since 1950. Ashgate Publishing, 2007, , (). In 1964 Alberth was appointed principal conductor of the Niedersächsisches Symphonie-Orchester in HannoverLexikon d. Musik. Ullstein 1976 which he conducted until the dissolution of the orchestra at the end of the 1967/1968 concert season.
Alberth has left numerous recordings in the BR archives, including his own works; commercial recordings are also available from Telefunken and the French Club de Disques. He is the author of a book in which he presents personal experiences and reflections on music: Da capo. Heiteres und Nachdenkliches aus meinem Musikerleben, Munich: Langen Müller 1980.
Alberth died in Munich at age 74.
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External links
Rudolf Alberth at LMU Munich