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HERBIG (Herbig) Gunther (b. 30 XI 1931, according to other sources - 1933, Ausig) - German conductor (GDR). He graduated from the Higher Muses. school them. F. Liszt in Weimar, where in 1951-56 he studied with G. Abendrot. He improved himself with A. Jansons in Leningrad, as well as with G. Scherchen in Switzerland and G. Karayan in Austria. In 1957-62 conductor of the orchestra Nat. Opera House and Orchestra of the Higher Muses. schools in Weimar. Since 1962, music director in Potsdam, since 1966 one of the conductors of the Berlin symphony. Orchestra, since 1972 artistic director and chap. conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, since 1977 Ch. conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. He leads the conducting class at the Higher Muses. school in Weimar. In 1974 he was awarded the Arts. pr. GDR. The basis of the conductor’s repertoire is production. him. and Austr. (J. Haydn, V.A. Mozart, L. Beethoven, F. Schubert, I. Brahms, A. Bruckner, G. Mahler, etc.), as well as USA.and Soviet composers. X. toured in many. countries of the world (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, Bulgaria, Cuba, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Japan, Chile), has repeatedly performed in the USSR; in 1975, at the head of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, he toured Washington - Kiev - Vilnius - Minsk. G. N. Pavlov.