Hans Gruber (conductor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Gruber (conductor)

Canadian conductor

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1925

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 06-Aug-2001

Profession: conductor

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.
He also served on the music faculty of the University of Toronto for several years where he notably conducted the school's symphony orchestra.