Rolf Agop (11 June 1908 – 15 October 1998) was a German

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and academic teacher of Armenian descent.

Career

Born in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

where he studied, Agop worked first for the Bayerische Landesbühne, a touring theatre, and then for three years as

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

and choir director at the Kärntner Grenzland-Theater in

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. From 1945 to 1948 he was Kapellmeister at the

Nürnberg Opera Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. In 1949 Agop taught conducting at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, art-song, conducting, as w ...

. From 1950 to 1952 he was the first principal conductor of the newly formed

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestra ...

. He then was

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of the

Dortmunder Philharmoniker The Dortmunder Philharmoniker (Dortmund Philharmonic) are a German symphony orchestra based in Dortmund. The orchestra of the Theater Dortmund performs opera in the Opernhaus Dortmund and concert in the Konzerthaus Dortmund. The orchestra was fou ...

. From 1962 to 1964 he conducted the

Malmö Symphony Orchestra The Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Malmö Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish orchestra, based in Malmö. Since 2015, it has been resident at the Malmö Live Concert Hall. The orchestra has a complement of 94 musicians. History The orchestra was fo ...

, and from 1962 to 1976 the Siegerlandorchester, later called Philharmonie Südwestfalen. He died in

Hilchenbach Hilchenbach () is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein '' Kreis'' (district) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Location Hilchenbach is about northeast of Siegen. The town borders in the south on Netphen, in the west on Kreuztal, in the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agop, Rolf 1908 births 1998 deaths Musicians from Munich German male conductors (music) People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German male musicians Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany