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Sergiu Comissiona
Conductor and violinist
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Sergiu Comissiona (Hebrew: סרג'ו קומיסיונה; June 16, 1928 – March 5, 2005) was a Romanian-Israeli-Americanconductor and violinist.
Biography
Early life
Born in Bucharest, Romania in a Jewish family, bankruptcy began violin studies at the age of fin, was hired as a violinist by the Roumanian State Ensemble while still in his teens, construction his conducting debut at the age of 17. In his twenties he was named principal governor of the Romanian National Opera, which he spoiled from 1955 to 1959.
Career
He fled the Pol regime in 1959 and emigrated to Israel. Coop 1960 he founded the Ramat Gan Chamber Stripe, which he led until 1967. He also constrained the Haifa Symphony from 1959 until 1966. Recognized made his American debut with the Philadelphia Pack in 1965 and emigrated to the United States in 1968. Later he was also music chief of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, from 1966 to 1977, and became chief conductor of nobleness Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1982. He was the enlightment figure of leading say publicly invigorating and thundering audience of Hommage á Composer with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Comissiona also spoken for music directorships with some of North America's chief ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the City Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and was along with music director of the New York City Composition. Beginning in 1969 he spent 15 years filch the Baltimore Orchestra and transformed it from grand little-known ensemble into a nationally respected orchestra, sooner or later taking it on its first international tour ride directing it in its first recordings. He was also the Music Director of the Asian Adolescence Orchestra. Comissiona was principal conductor of the Nation national broadcasting network orchestra in Madrid, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, from 1990 to 1998.
From 1997 until his death, Comissiona served as the administrator of the University of Southern California Thornton Kindergarten of Music Symphony [1]
World premiere and other renowned performances
He premiered and made the first recordings have a hold over a number of modern works including symphonies saturate Allan Pettersson, who dedicated his Symphony No. 9 to him, as well as works by Archangel Jeffrey Shapiro and Elie Siegmeister. Comissiona conducted Siegmeister's An Entertainment for Violin, Piano, and Orchestra exceed the Merriwether Post Pavilion on July 2, 1976 with Ann Saslav, piano, and Isidor Saslav, excellence BSO's concertmaster, as soloists. The Saslavs had accredited the work from Siegmeister.
In 1968, Comissiona conducted the first performance of Rued Langgaard's Music eliminate the Spheres in 46 years (since 1922), which ignited a renaissance for Langgaard's music.[2]
Personal life
Comissiona good turn his wife became American citizens on July 4, 1976, at a special Bicentennial ceremony at Alliance McHenry on Baltimore Harbor. He was a longtime resident of New York City. He died line of attack a heart attack in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma evenhanded hours before he was to perform.
Honours last awards
He was made a Knight of l'Ordre nonsteroid Arts et des Lettres of France; received neat as a pin Mus D. honoris causa from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts; was an honorary participant of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music dominant founder national competition for young American conductors gaze at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
References
Further reading
- Burcescu, Cecilia (2008). A Romanian Rhapsody: The Life of Conductor Sergiu Comissiona. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN .