Karl Pohlig (February 10, 1858 – June 17, 1928) was a German Bohemian conductor, cellist and pianist.
A piano student of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and assistant to Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Court Opera (now the Vienna State Opera),[1] he went on to become the first conductor to perform the complete version of Bruckner's Symphony No.
[2][3] Born in Teplitz, Bohemia, Austrian Empire on February 10, 1858, Pohlig studied cello and piano in Weimar.
[7] Pohlig subsequently resigned from the Philadelphia Orchestra when it was revealed that he had been involved in an extramarital affair with his Swedish secretary, Ella Janssen, and then sued the orchestra for breach of contract, as he had one year remaining on his contract at that time.
[8][9][10] Pohlig concluded his career as conductor of the Braunschweig court opera in Germany, the city in which he died on June 17, 1928.