Albert Steinberg

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Albert Steinberg (born May 11, 1910 in Toronto , † February 27, 2003 in California ) was a Canadian violinist and conductor.

Steinberg studied in Toronto with Broadus Farmer , Luigi von Kunits and Kathleen Parlow (violin) and Ettore Mazzoleni and Reginald Steward (conducting), and from 1935 to 1937 took private lessons with Mishel Piastro in New York and Pierre Monteux in Maine. He made his debut at the age of fourteen with the radio station CFCA in Toronto and undertook concert tours through the USA in 1927-28 and through Canada in 1929.

From 1936 to 1946 he was a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and worked as a conductor on various CBC broadcasts . From 1946 to 1951 he was concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and musical director of the Vancouver Junior Symphony Orchestra as well as concertmaster and conductor of the orchestra of the Promenade Symphony Concerts in Toronto. As a founding member, he was a member of the Vancouver Chamber Sinfonietta (1947–51), the Steinberg String Quartet (1947–51) and, from 1948, the Friends of Chamber Music .

From 1952 Steinberg lived in the USA, where he was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra until 1956 . He then played in various studio orchestras, including under the direction of Percy Faith . Between 1967 and 1989 he was concertmaster and second conductor alongside David Rose for TV series such as The Red Skelton Show , Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, and alongside Nelson Riddle (for Newhart, among others ). With the latter, he also played recordings with Linda Ronstadt , Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. one.

From 1973 to 1978 Steinberg was musical director of the Young Artists' Symphony of Los Angeles , from 1979 to 1991 musical director and conductor of the AF of M Senior Symphony of Los Angeles . In 1985 he appeared as a soloist in a special for German television with works by David Rose , Henry Mancini , Johnny Green and David Raksin .

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SURNAME Steinberg, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2003
Place of death California