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Kulka János

János Kulka, born in Budapest, Hungary, on December 11, 1929, was a Hungarian conductor and composer who died in Stuttgart, Germany, on October 19, 2001, at age 71. He trained at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, working as a solo repetiteur and conductor at the Hungarian State Opera House. Emigrating in 1957, he served at the Bavarian State Opera, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, and the Hamburg State Opera. From 1964 to 1975, he served as Generalmusikdirektor in Wuppertal, and from 1976 to 1987 directed the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducting classical works incl...