Constantin Silvestri
Constantin Silvestri (born May 31, 1913 in Bucharest ; died February 23, 1969 in London ) was a Romanian conductor and composer.
Life
Constantin Silvestri received piano training at an early age. He studied at the Conservatory in Târgu Mureș and at the Bucharest Conservatory with the composer Mihail Jora and the pianist Florica Musicescu .
From 1930 Silvestri conducted the Orchestra Națională Radio , in 1935 he conducted the Opera Națională Bucureşti for the first time . After the Second World War he replaced the politically disgraced George Georgescu with the Bucharest Philharmonic . He set up a conducting class at the Conservatory, which he directed from 1948 to 1956. Among the students were Sergiu Comissiona , Marius Constant and Anatol Vieru . In 1958 he gave the Romanian premiere of George Enescu's opera Oedipe , but he emigrated the following year, initially to Paris . There he recorded records with Leonid Kogan and the Orchester de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire .
Silvestri has been engaged to guest conductors with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra . In 1961 he received the position of chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and in 1967 he was given British citizenship. Silvestri died of cancer.
Silvestri composed over 40 works for voice, for chamber ensemble and for orchestra.
literature
- Raymond Carpenter: Constantin Silvestri, magician - A view from the orchestra . Romanian Musical Adventure, 2011
- John Gritten: A musician before his time: Constantin Silvestri, conductor, composer, pianist . London: Warwick Editions, 1998
Web links
- Literature by and about Constantin Silvestri in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Constantin Silvestri in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Constantin Silvestri , short biography at: The Constantin Silvestri International Foundation
- 100th birthday concert at ICR-London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constantin Silvestri ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Short biography at: The Constantin Silvestri International Foundation (en)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silvestri, Constantin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-British conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1969 |
| Place of death | London |