Jacques Singer

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Jacques Singer (born May 9, 1910 in Przemyśl , Austria-Hungary , † August 11, 1980 in New York City ) was an American violinist and conductor of Polish origin. As a musician, he first worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra . He then directed various symphony orchestras a. a. the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra .

Life

Singer came from a Jewish family in Galicia (now Poland). His father was a conductor and choir director himself, so that he received his first violin lessons in his home country. At the age of seven he gave his first concert.

In 1921 his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Jersey City . As a child, he made his debut in New York's Town Hall . With the help of a scholarship, he first studied with Carl Flesch at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and later with Leopold von Auer . At the Juilliard Graduate School were Paul Kochanski and Rubin Goldmark his teachers. At the age of eighteen, one of the youngest musicians at the time, he became a violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra , which was under the musical direction of Leopold Stokowski . He played u. a. under Arturo Toscanini , Fritz Reiner , Albert Coates , Otto Klemperer and Eugene Ormandy .

Stokowski recommended him to Dallas in 1938, where he directed the Dallas Symphony Orchestra until 1942 . During World War II he served as a military musician in the US Army . On his return he conducted the summer concerts of the New Orleans Symphony and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . From 1947 to 1951 he was music director and conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canada. As a result of disagreements over the budget, they parted ways. Then he tried to build a competing orchestra.

In 1952 he appeared on Broadway in New York, in 1953 he was a guest conductor with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra , the Jerusalem Radio Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra . In 1954 he gave his first concert with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra in Texas, which he headed from 1955 to 1962. From 1962 to 1972 he was the permanent conductor and music director of the Oregon Symphony in Portland. He then conducted the American Symphony Orchestra in New York. From 1977 to 1980 he was artist in residence at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and conducted the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra .

Singer was married and the father of four children, including the actors Marc Singer (* 1948) and Lori Singer (* 1957). His nephew is the film producer Bryan Singer . Singer died in his Manhattan apartment in 1980 .

literature

  • Gdal Saleski: Famous musicians of Jewish origin . Bloch Publishing Company, New York 1949, p. 289.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Singer, Bryan 1965–". Contemporary Theater, Film and Television. Encyclopedia.com. September 18, 2018 < http://www.encyclopedia.com >.
  3. ↑ Jacques Singer, 70, Dies; Led Orchestras in West . In: The New York Times , August 12, 1980, p. B17.
personal data
SURNAME Singer, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Przemyśl , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1980
Place of death New York City