Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, 89
After 20 years at the musical helm of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, he crowned his career with a decade as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Sawallisch described those ten years as the high point of his symphonic life, and many observers (including more than a few of the players) believe that he was the best music director the Philadelphians ever had. The Philadelphia Inquirer 02/25/13

Posted February 25, 2013 12:54 AM