Gustav Mahler

The composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was born in the Bohemian town of Kalischt on 7 July 1860. He studied in Vienna under, among others, Anton Bruckner. Following his studies he was a theater conductor in Hall (upper Austria), then he held positions in Prague, Leipzig, Budapest and Hamburg. From 1897 to 1907 he was conductor and Director of the Vienna Court Opera. From 1898 to 1901 he also conducted the Philharmonic concerts. In 1907 he went to New York, where he conducted the Metropolitan Opera and from he 1909 conducted at the opera alongside Artuor Toscanini. In the same year he was also appointed conducter of the New York Philarmonic. Gustav Mahler died in Vienna on 18 May 1911.