Hans Gruber (conductor)

Hans Gruber
Born(1925-07-11)11 July 1925
Died6 August 2001(2001-08-06) (aged 76)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationConductor

Hans Gruber (11 July 1925 – 6 August 2001) was a Canadian conductor of Austrian birth.

Born in Vienna, Gruber became a naturalised Canadian citizen in 1944. He entered The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1939 where he was a conducting student of Allard de Ridder. He also studied conducting in the summers at the Tanglewood Music Center from 1943-1947 with such teachers as Fritz Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, and Pierre Monteux. In 1948 he succeeded Melvin Knudsen as the conductor of the Victoria Symphony, a post he held until 1963.[1] He also served on the music faculty of the University of Toronto for several years where he notably conducted the school's symphony orchestra.

  1. ^ Audrey Saint Denys Johnson. "Victoria Symphony". The Canadian Encyclopedia.