Eleanor Koldofsky

Eleanor Koldofsky (born September 9, 1920 in Toronto ) is a Canadian music and film producer and author.

The sister of the violinist Adolph Koldofsky , who was married to Sam Sniderman for some time , was Canada's first female music producer. She first founded the Boot Records label , which released recordings by Canadian Brass and guitarist Liana Boyd . In 1975 she founded Proclaim Productions , whose Aquitaine label released a complete recording of Beethoven's piano sonatas with Anton Kuerti in the same year .

In 1976 albums followed with the violinist Victor Schultz , the pianist Alan Woodrow and the cellist Gisela Depkat (at the piano Raffi Armenian ). In 1977 a concert with Lotte Lehmann and Gwendolyn Koldofsky was recorded in 1951, and in 1979 the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus recorded Gian Carlo Menotti's Chip and his Dog . Of the more than forty productions by Acquitaine , three received a Juno Award : Anton Kuerti 's recording of Beethoven (1976), Judy Loman's recording of R. Murray Schafer's The Crown of Ariadne (1979) and Arthur Ozolins ' recording of works by Igor Stravinski and Fryderyk Chopin . Further recordings with Gisela Depkat and Anton Kuerti received the Grand prix du disque of the Canadian Music Council (1979 and 1980).

In 1963, Koldofsky was involved in building the sound archive at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music , and was involved in its care until 1985. She also produced several documentaries, was involved in music projects such as the Canadian Music Competitions , the Women's Musical Club of Toronto , the Du Maurier Search for the Stars and the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus , wrote newspaper columns and liner notes and published a volume of poetry ( The Healing Heart ; poems of loss and life , 1998) and a children's book ( Clip Clop , with illustrations by David Parkins , 2005).

Web link

• Homepage of Eleanor Koldofsky

source

• Eleanor Koldofsky ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .