- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 11, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Roman, Romania
- Died
- August 14, 1996
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache (Romanian: [ˈserd͡ʒju t͡ʃelibiˈdake]; 11 July [O.S. 28 June] 1912 – 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over five decades, including tenures as principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Sicilian Symphony Orchestra and several other European orchestras. Later in life, he taught at Mainz University in Germany and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Celibidache frequently refused to release his performances on commercial recordings during his lifetime, claiming that a listener could not have a "transcendental experience" outside the concert hall. Many of the recordings of his performances were released posthumously. He has nonetheless earned international acclaim for his int…
Filmography
movieMichelangeli and Celibidache interpret Ravel - Great musical moments
2025
movieThe Legacy of Sergiu Celibidache with Münchner Philharmoniker
2024 · Dirigent
movieZahia - Un Temps d'Avance
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieCelibidache in St. Florian - Bruckner's Mass in F minor
2013 · Conductor
movieBruckner - Symphony No. 6 (Sergiu Celibidache, live at Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich)
2012 · Conductor
movieBruckner - Symphony No. 7 (Sergiu Celibidache, live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo)
2012 · Conductor
movieBruckner - Symphony No. 8 (Version 1890) (Sergiu Celibidache, live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo)
2012 · Conductor
movieDaniel Barenboim & Sergiu Celibidache: Schumann, Piano Concerto / Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
2011 · Self - Conductor
movieDaniel Barenboim plays Brahms: Piano Concertos
2011 · Conductor
movieCelibidache: Ravel and Debussy
2008 · Conductor
movieCelibidache Conducts Mozart: Symphony No. 39 / Schubert: Symphony No. 2
2007 · Conductor
movieBerlioz: Celibidache conducts Berlioz Symphony Fantastique
2007 · Conductor
movieBruckner: Celibidache conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 9
2007 · Conductor
movieCelibidache in Rehearsal and Performance: Strauss - Til Eulenspiegel / Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade
2007 · Conductor
movieThe Garden of Celibidache
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Art of Conducting - Legendary Conductors of a Golden Era
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Celibidache: You Don't do Anything, You Let it Evolve
movieCelibidache: You Don't do Anything, You Let it Evolve
1992 · Self - Conductor
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self (archive footage)
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self
Botschafter der Musik
movieBotschafter der Musik
1952 · Self