Background
BOETTCHER, Wilfried was born on August 11, 1929 in Bremen: married Ruth Vasicek.
BOETTCHER, Wilfried was born on August 11, 1929 in Bremen: married Ruth Vasicek.
Studied cello with, Arthur Troester, Hamburg. Studied cello with, Pierre Fournier, Paris. Studied cello with, Pablo Cassals.
Director Hamburg Symphony Orchestra 1967. Principal Conductor, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin 1974. Has appeared with many other orchestras in United Kingdom and Europe, including Zurich Tonhalle, Orchestre de Paris, Vienna Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, London Philharmonic, etc.
Appearances with Vienna State Opera, Hamburg State Opera and Deutsche Opera, Berlin. Noted for interpretation of Austro-German classical and romantic symphonic repertoire.