Carlos Paita

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Carlos Paita

Carlos Païta (born March 10, 1932 in Buenos Aires , † December 19, 2015 in Switzerland ) was an Argentine conductor . Païta emigrated to Europe in 1968. He worked with many respected symphony orchestras , worked at major opera houses and published numerous recordings of classical music.

Life and career

His Italian mother was a singer and pianist. His father came from Hungary and had emigrated to Argentina. Carlos Païta studied with Jacobo Ficher ( composition , harmony and counterpoint ), with Jan Neuchoff ( piano ) and with Artur Rodziński (conducting) , among others . At the age of 24 he made his debut as a conductor at the Teatro Colón . There he received the position as répétiteur and directed the South American premiere of Mahler's 2nd Symphony . He made his European debut in Stuttgart in 1966. The following year he conducted in Brussels and then performed Mahler's 9th Symphony in Karlsruhe. In 1968 he moved to Europe and gave concerts in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal. His recordings of works such as the Symphonie Pathétique by Tchaikovsky, the 1st Symphony by Brahms, the 8th Symphony by Bruckner and the 7th Symphony by Dvořák received very good reviews.

Païta brought his Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra to Paris to perform works by Bruckner and toured Europe with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . His North American debut took place in January 1979 when he performed Mahler's Symphony No. 1 with the Houston Symphony Orchestra . At the same time he played many works, v. a. from the 19th century, on sound carriers (e.g. with the Decca and Lodia labels ), including a Wagner program with the New Philharmonia Orchestra . Highlights of his live concerts were Roméo et Juliette von Berlioz at the Prague Spring , performances at the Enescu Festival in Romania, Shostakovich's 8th Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, and concerts in Amsterdam, Paris, Bratislava, Sofia, Warsaw and others Cities, v. a. in Europe.

Musical style

Carlos Païta preferred large orchestras and a performance practice based on the Romanticism of the mid to late 19th century. But he by no means only imitated his teacher Rodziński or his ideal Furtwängler , but quickly found his own style, which from today's distance reveals a stylistic proximity partly to Herbert von Karajan , partly to Georg Solti , although he was never as famous as them both.

Some recordings on sound carriers and other media

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Death of a record maestro
  2. ^ Wroclaw Philharmonic ( Memento from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Discography of Mahler's 1st Symphony
personal data
SURNAME Païta, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH 19th December 2015
Place of death Switzerland