Celibidache later worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris. But he fought selflessly to have Wilhelm FurtwГ¤ngler (a great influence on Celibidache) reinstated as orchestra leader, and from 1947 to 1952 they shared the responsibilities of conducting the Philharmonic. He got his big break shortly after the end of World War II in tragic circumstances: Leo Borchard, who was cleared to conduct by the American forces, was shot during a nocturnal car ride, and no other de-Nazified conductors were available. Music is nothing but the materialization of this principle.' Career ДЇrom 1945 to 1952 Celibidache was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. All I can say is that without Zen I couldn't have known this strange principle that the beginning is the end. It was through Steinke that I found the way of Zen. In a 1986 interview, he said, 'I was born a Christian Orthodox, and studied philosophy, but I still couldn't find solutions to my problems. During his studies in Berlin, Celibidache was introduced to Zen Buddhism by his teacher Martin Steinke, and Buddhism informed Celibidache's worldview and work for the rest of his life. Throughout the 1940s, he accompanied and was romantically involved with Romanian-born dancer and choreographer Iris Barbura. He submitted a dissertation on Josquin des Prez and received his degree in 1944. He continued with doctoral studies at the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitГ¤t), where he studied philosophy with Nicolai Hartmann and Eduard Spranger and musicology with Arnold Schering and Georg SchГјnemann.

His father had expected him to pursue a political career in Romania, but in 1936 Celibidache enrolled in the Hochschule fГјr Musik (Academy of Music) in Berlin (German authorities erroneously changed his surname from Celebidachi to Celibidache, the form he retained), where he studied composition with Heinz Tiessen and conducting with Kurt Thomas, Walter Gmeindl and Fritz Stein. He was already improvising at the piano by the age of four, and after a traditional schooling in mathematics, philosophy and music in IaИ™i, was sent by his father to Bucharest and then to Paris, where he continued his studies. He grew up in IaИ™i, where his family soon moved after his birth. Sergiu Celibidache was born on 28 June 1912 to Demostene Celebidachi, a cavalry officer of the Romanian army and later prefect of the IaИ™i region and Maria Celebidachi (nГ©e BrДѓteanu), in Roman, a small city in the Moldavia region of Romania, where his father was a government official. Д¬elibidache as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1946 He is regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. He has nonetheless earned international acclaim for his interpretations of the classical repertoire and was known for a spirited performance style informed by his study and experiences in Zen Buddhism. Many of the recordings of his performances were released posthumously. Later in life, he taught at Mainz University in Germany and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Д¬elibidache 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. 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.

Sergiu Celibidache ( Romanian: 11 JulyВ В 1912В вЂ“ 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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