Emil Młynarski
Emil Szymon Młynarski (born July 18, 1870 in Kybartai (now part of Lithuania ), † April 5, 1935 in Warsaw ) was a Polish conductor , violinist , music teacher and composer .
life and work
Emil Młynarski studied violin with Leopold von Auer , composition with Anatoli Ljadow and instrumentation with Nikolai Rimski-Korssakow at the St. Petersburg Conservatory from the age of ten . After graduating in 1889, he performed as a violin soloist in various European cities. From 1894 to 1897 he taught at the music school of the Imperial Music Society in Odessa . In 1898 he returned to Poland, conducted the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw and initiated the first symphony concerts of the opera orchestra. In 1901 he conducted the first concert of the newly opened Warsaw Philharmonic . From 1904 to 1907 and from 1919 to 1922 he was director of the Warsaw Conservatory . His students included Pjotr Stoljarski , Paul Kletzki , Kazimierz Wiłkomirski , Feliks Rybicki , Zbigniew Dymmek and Faustyn Kulczycki .
Młynarski also served as director of the Warsaw Opera from 1919 to 1929 , where he was responsible for the world premieres of the operas Hagith and King Roger by Karol Szymanowski . As a conductor, Młynarski also worked with various orchestras and institutions outside Poland, for example with the Scottish Orchestra from 1910 to 1916 , at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow from 1914 to 1917 and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 1929 to 1931 . Health reasons prompted Młynarski to return to Poland in 1931, where he conducted the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra among others and was again director of the Warsaw Opera in 1932/33.
As a composer, Emil Młynarski composed two violin concertos (D minor, op. 11, 1897; D major, op. 16, 1914–17), a symphony (F major, op. 14, 1910, Polonia ) and chamber music.
literature
- Teresa Chylińska: Młynarski, Emil. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Emil Młynarski in the International Music Score Library Project
- Biography and list of works, Małgorzata Kosińska, Polish Music Information Center (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Młynarski, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Młynarski, Emil Szymon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish conductor, violinist, music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kybartai , now Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1935 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |