Arthur Catterall

Arthur Catterall (born May 25, 1883 , † November 28, 1943 ) was an English violinist, conductor and music teacher.

Catterall received a violin and first violin lessons from his father, an amateur musician, at the age of four. At the age of eight he already played Mendelssohn's violin concerto at the Palace of Varieties in Manchester . He was then a student of Willy Hess and Adolph Brodsky at Royal Manchester College . In 1902 Hans Richter brought him to the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival and also performed at Cosima Wagner's receptions in the Villa Wahnfried . In the following year he performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Hallé Orchestra .

From 1905 to 1914 he led the orchestra of the Promenade Concerts (Proms), which at that time still took place in the Queen's Hall . In 1911 he founded the Catterall String Quartet . In 1913 he returned to Manchester and became professor of violin at the Royal College and conductor of the Hallé Orchestra , which he directed until 1925. He later became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music , and from 1929 to 1936 he directed the BBC Symphony Orchestra .

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• Michael Kennedy, "The History of the Royal Manchester College of Music, 1893-1972" , Manchester University Press, 1971, ISBN 978-0-7190-0435-3 , pp. 11-12
• Bonham 1793 Ltd: Arthur Catterall