György Fischer
György Fischer, born August 12, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary, was a Hungarian
pianist and conductor. He began his career as an assistant to Herbert von
Karajan at the Vienna State Opera, establishing himself as a specialist in the
works of Mozart. He conducted operas in Cologne, Munich, and South America, and
performed with the Australian Opera in 1987. Fischer was married to opera singer
Lucia Popp and later to violinist Ida Bieler. He died on October 25, 2020, in
Cologne, Germany.
