George Rochberg's Symphony No. 5 was first performed in 1986 under the direction of what Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor?
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Symphony No. 5 (Rochberg) The Symphony No. 5 is the fifth symphony by the American composer George Rochberg. It was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which first performed the piece under the direction of Georg Solti on March 13, 1986. The symphony has a duration of approximately 28 minutes and is cast a single continuous movement. It was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Georg Solti Sir Georg Solti, KBE ( ; Budapest, 21 October 1912Antibes, 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis’ influence on Hungarian politics, and being of Jewish background he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist.
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Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra ("") is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary.
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Ferenc Jancsin Ferenc Jancsin (born April 2, 1912 in Budapest) was a Hungarian classical violinist and music pedagogue, the concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera.
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Rhapsody No. 2 (Bartók) Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 89 and 90, BB 96, is the second of two virtuoso works for violin and piano, subsequently arranged with orchestra accompaniment, written by Béla Bartók. It was composed in 1928 and orchestrated in 1929. The orchestral version was revised in 1935, and the version with piano in 1945. It is dedicated to Hungarian violinist Zoltán Székely, who later became the first violinist of the Hungarian String Quartet in 1937, two years after the founding of the ensemble.
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János Kulka (conductor) János Kulka (11 December 1929 – 18 October 2001) was a Hungarian conductor and composer.
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Felix Chen Felix Chen () is a Taiwanese conductor. He was resident conductor and Music Director of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until he resigned in 2003 under "extremely controversial circumstances."
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Jenő Ádám Jenö Ádám (12 December 1896 15 May 1982) was a Hungarian music educator, composer, and conductor.
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Symphony No. 3 (Toch) Symphony No. 3, Op. 75 (1955) is Ernst Toch's (1887—1964) third of seven symphonies. He was awarded the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Music for the piece. Premiered December 2, 1955 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Steinberg, it was commissioned by the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee of Chicago.
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Károly Thern Károly (Carl) Thern (13 August 1817 – 13 April 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger. He was of German descent, but was among the second generation of composers who developed the language of Hungarian art music.
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Peter Schneider (conductor) Peter Schneider (born 26 March 1939, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian conductor and opera administrator.
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Alfred Strombergs Alfred Strombergs (Latvian: "Alfrēds Štrombergs" ; 19 February 1922 in Liepāja, Latvia – 22 February 2006 in Toronto) was a Canadian conductor, music educator, and pianist of Latvian birth. In 1954 he became a naturalized Canadian citizen. As a conductor he is primarily remembered for his work with the Canadian Opera Company and the Stratford Festival from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. He also notably conducted the world premieres of several orchestral works by composer Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, including his fifth and seventh symphonies.
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Bohumil Gregor Bohumil Gregor (Prague, 14 July 1926 – 4 November 2005) was a Czech conductor.
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Mátyás Várkonyi Mátyás Várkonyi (born September 4, 1950) is one of the most renowned musical composers in Hungary. He finished his studies in the academy of Béla Bartók.
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Zoltán Rozsnyai Zoltán Rozsnyai (January 29, 1926 – September 10, 1990) was a Hungarian conductor and musical director.
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Symphony No. 5 (Enescu) Symphony No. 5, in D major is a large-scale composition for orchestra, tenor soloist, and female choir by the Romanian composer George Enescu, using a text by the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu. Drafted in 1941 and partially orchestrated at some later date, the symphony was left unfinished at Enescu's death, but has been completed posthumously, first partially by in 1970–72 and 1990, then in complete form by Pascal Bentoiu in 1995.
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Josef Stránský Josef Stránský (September 9, 1872 – March 6, 1936) was a Czech conductor, composer, and art collector/dealer who moved to the United States and conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1911 to 1923.
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Hans Swarowsky Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth and Jewish descent.
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Manoj George Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, violinist and choral arranger for the album "Winds of Samsara", which won the Grammy Award for the Best New Age Album in 2015, making him the first Malayali musician to receive the honor. He is reported to be the first Indian violinist recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,The Grammys, USA.
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Eszter Perenyi Eszter Perenyi (born December 15, 1943) is a Budapest-born Hungarian violinist and Meritorious Artist of Hungary. She have graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and then played Erich Leinsdorf and István Kertész at the London Symphony Orchestra. She also performed abroad in such countries as Germany, Italy and Sweden and since 1975 became a teacher at Liszt Academy. In 2002 she became a recipient of the "Bartók-Pásztory Prize" and five years later was named a Merited Artist of the Republic of Hungary.
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Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio "Tony" Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English conductor and pianist and music director of the Royal Opera House since 2002. In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society.
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Franz Schalk Gold Medal The Franz Schalk Gold Medal is a distinction of the Vienna Philharmonic awarded since 1963. It is named after the conductor, first director of the Vienna State Opera and co-founder of the Salzburg Festival Franz Schalk, whose 100. birthday was celebrated in 1963.