
Obituary: Conductor Bernhard Klee Dies at 89
On Oct. 16, conductor Bernhard Klee died at the age of 89. Born on April 19, 1936, in Schleiz, Thuringia, Klee grew up in Jena and learned to play the piano, violin, and double bass. He was a member of the Leipzig Thomanerchor from 1948 to 1955, and at the age of 10, he heard his first Mozart opera, “Le {…}