Gerhard Wimberger

Gerhard Wimberger (30 August 1923 – 12 October 2016) was an Austrian composer and conductor.

Wimberger studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. His teachers were Cesar Bresgen and Johann Nepomuk David for composition, and Clemens Krauss and for conducting.

After World War II, in which he served in the army, he worked as vocal coach at the Vienna Volksoper, then as conductor at the Salzburg Theatre, before becoming a teacher for conducting and composition at the Mozarteum. Among his many pupils were Klaus Ager, Sergio Cárdenas, Dieter Lehnhoff, Donald Covert, and Gerd Kühr. Wimberger also served as member of the directory of the Salzburg Festival, and as president of the .

He died in October 2016 at the age of 93.