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One of his last concert tours was to Jerusalem.
Klemperer had performed in Palestine before the state of Israel declared its independence, and returned to Jerusalem only in 1970 to conduct the Israeli Broadcasting Authority Symphonic Orchestra in two concerts, performing the six Brandenburg Concerti and Mozart's symphonies 39, 40 and 41.
During this tour he took Israeli citizenship.
He retired from conducting in 1971.
Klemperer died in Zürich, Switzerland in 1973, aged 88, and was buried in Zürich's Israelitischer Friedhof-Oberer Friesenberg.
In his later years, Klemperer had become increasingly worried about the influence of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and also about Israel's foreign policies.

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