The Vienna State Opera has announced the death of conductor Maksimilijan Cenčić, following a prolonged illness, at age 68. Born in 1951 in Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia, Cenčić studied in his early years with figures such as Kurt Masur, Igor Markewich, Carlo Sezzhi, and Piere Dervaux, among others. After graduating from the Akademie fur Music in Zagreb, Coatia, in 1976, he {…}