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Sir John Barbirolli Sir John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli , 1899-1970, English conductor and cellist, b. London. After being cellist (1920-24) in the International String Quartet, he organized the Barbirolli String Orchestra. Barbirolli held positions as conductor of the British National Opera Company (1926), the Covent Garden Opera... Read more
Karl Bohm Karl Bohm
Karl Böhm 1894-1981, Austrian conductor. He studied with the musicologist Eusebius Mandyczewski and took a law degree before turning to conducting. After successful appearances with leading German orchestras, he was appointed director of the Vienna State Opera, a position he held from 1943 to... Read more
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George Szell George Szell
George Szell , 1897-1970, American conductor and pianist, b. Budapest. He moved with his family to Vienna during his childhood and started his piano training at an early age studying at the State Academy of Music in Vienna and in Leipzig. Deciding on a career as a conductor, Szell assisted Richard... Read more
Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham , 1879-1961, English conductor. Beecham was educated at Oxford but did not attend any formal music school. Early in his career as a conductor and producer, he introduced his fellow countrymen to the operas of Richard Strauss, many Russian operas, and the Russian ballet. In 1932 he... Read more
Georges Enesco Georges Enesco
Georges Enesco , Rom. George Enescu, 1881-1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor; studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris with Massenet , Fauré , and others. Enesco made many worldwide concert tours as both violinist and conductor, including appearances with the New... Read more
Pierre Monteux Pierre Monteux
Pierre Monteux , 1875-1964, French-American conductor, studied at the Paris Conservatory. As conductor (1911-14) of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, he directed the premieres of ballets by Stravinsky, Ravel, and Debussy. He came to the United States in 1916 to conduct the Ballet Russe on its American tour,... Read more
Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez , 1925-, French composer and conductor. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Olivier Messiaen (1944-45) and studied twelve-tone technique with René Leibowitz (1946). Boulez has been a leader of the avant-garde. In his compositions he has applied the techniques of serial... Read more
Berkshire Festival Berkshire Festival
Berkshire Festival , summer music festival, held since 1937 at "Tanglewood," a former estate in the adjoining towns of Stockbridge and Lenox, Mass. The Berkshire Festivals were begun in 1934 at a farm in Stockbridge. Henry Hadley conducted an orchestra composed largely of members of the New... Read more
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