Gary Bertini

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Gary Bertini

Gary Bertini ( Hebrew גארי ברתיני; * May 1, 1927 in Britschewa , Romania , today Republic of Moldova ; † March 17, 2005 in Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli conductor and composer .

He received his training in Milan and Paris , where he deepened his studies with Arthur Honegger and Olivier Messiaen . In Israel he founded the Israel Chamber Orchestra in 1965 , which he directed for ten years before conducting for the first time in Europe and Germany. From 1987 to 1991 he was artistic director and general music director of the Frankfurt Opera and director of the museum concerts in Frankfurt am Main . During his tenure, the fire and the reconstruction of the city ​​opera house fell . He also directed the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1983 to 1991 . Bertini has performed all over the world, for example with the Berlin Philharmonic , the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra , in the opera houses of New York City , Philadelphia , London , Vienna , Munich , Rome , Milan, Naples , Tokyo and Paris. In January 2005 he was a guest at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg and with the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow .

His preference for concerts was late Romantic music (especially Gustav Mahler's symphonies , which he also recorded on records and repeatedly conducted at guest concerts) and contemporary music. Bertini conducted numerous world premieres.

Bertini died after a short, serious illness at the age of almost 78.

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SURNAME Bertini, Gary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Britschewa , Romania, now the Republic of Moldova
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 2005
Place of death Tel Aviv , Israel