# Felix Lederer

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{{Short description|Czech musician and conductor}}
[[File:Fotothek df pk 0000079 033.jpg|thumb|Felix Lederer conducting at the first {{ill|Memorial Day for the Victims of Fascism|de|Gedenktag für die Opfer des Faschismus}}, 9 Sep 1945 in [Neukölln](/source/Neuk%C3%B6lln_(locality)), Berlin]]
'''Felix Lederer''' (25 February 1877 – 26 March 1957) was a Czech musician and [conductor](/source/Conducting).

== Career ==
As a student, Lederer studied at the [Prague Conservatory](/source/Prague_Conservatory), where he was in a student of [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k), and at the [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde](/source/Gesellschaft_der_Musikfreunde) (Society of Music Friends). His professional career started in 1897 when he was engaged as a [répétiteur](/source/r%C3%A9p%C3%A9titeur) by the Stadttheater in [Breslau](/source/Breslau). Lederer held the post until 1899 when, during the fall, he took the post of second conductor at the Städtischen Bühnen Nürnberg (today the [Staatstheater Nürnberg](/source/Staatstheater_N%C3%BCrnberg)). In 1903 he was engaged as head [Kapellmeister](/source/Kapellmeister) of the Stadttheater [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg) where he stayed for two years.

From 1905 to 1908, Lederer worked in [Barmen](/source/Barmen) at the opera house and state theater. From 1908 to 1910, he directed at the state theater of [Bremen](/source/Bremen). He then moved to the [National Theatre Mannheim](/source/National_Theatre_Mannheim), where he was the general music director of the opera until 1922. During this time he also conducted concerts at the Mannheim Musikverein concerts. In 1922 Lederer moved to [Saarbrücken](/source/Saarbr%C3%BCcken) where he remained until 1935, at which time he was banned from performance by the Nazi [Reichskulturkammer](/source/Reichskulturkammer) for being [Jewish](/source/Jewish).

In 1946, Lederer was offered a professorship at the [Berlin University of the Arts](/source/Berlin_University_of_the_Arts). There he was a professor of conducting and a director of the opera school until 1952, at which time he devoted all of his energy to conducting. He continued to perform as a successful concert conductor until his death in 1957.

== References ==
*{{cite book|title= [Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie](/source/Deutsche_Biographische_Enzyklop%C3%A4die)|location=Munich|date=2006|edition=2|volume=6|pages=303}}
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