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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Bernard Keeffe</b> (* <a href="1._April" title="1. April">1. April</a> <a href="1925" title="1925">1925</a> in <a href="Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a>/<a href="Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich">Royal Borough of Greenwich</a>; † <a href="27._November" title="27. November">27. November</a> <a href="2022" title="2022">2022</a> in <a href="London" title="London">London</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">britischer</a> <a href="Dirigent" title="Dirigent">Dirigent</a> und <a href="Moderator" title="Moderator">Hörfunkmoderator</a>.
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<p>Keeffe arbeitete während des Zweiten Weltkrieges für den Intelligence Service zunächst in <a href="Bletchley_Park" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a>, später in Indien und Japan. Von 1947 bis 1951 studierte er am <a href="Clare_College" title="Clare College">Clare College</a> in Cambridge, wo er auch als Sänger und Dirigent aktiv war. Danach war er bis 1952 Mitglied im <i>Glyndebourne Chorus</i>. Ab 1955 arbeitete er in der Musikabteilung der <a href="British_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">BBC</a>, wo er sich als Autor und Moderator von Sendungen über klassische Musik profilierte.
</p><p>Daneben war er von 1960 bis 1962 Leiter des <a href="Royal_Opera_House" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a> in <a href="Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a> und darauf bis 1964 Dirigent des <a href="BBC_Scottish_Symphony_Orchestra" title="BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra">BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra</a>. Als freiberuflicher Dirigent trat er mit zahlreichen anderen Orchestern auf. Er unterrichtete Dirigieren am <a href="Trinity_Laban_Conservatoire_of_Music_and_Dance" title="Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance">Trinity College of Music</a> und war Vorsitzender der <i>Anglo Austrian Music Society</i>.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rcm.ac.uk/singingasong/oralhistorycategory2/bernardkeeffe/">Royal College of Music: Bernard Keeffe</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.colinscolumn.com/carl-davis-bernard-keeffe-in-memoriam/">Colins Column: Carl Davis & Bernard Keeffe – In memoriam</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/557b97a6-5584-497c-92a1-4954a2729def">Bernard Keeffe</a> bei <a href="MusicBrainz" title="MusicBrainz">MusicBrainz</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002267155"><span>Bernard Keeffe</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/2112081">Bernard Keeffe</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7943163/">Bernard Keeffe</a> bei <a href="IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></li></ul>
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