Grzegorz Fitelberg
Grzegorz Fitelberg (born October 18, 1879 in Daugavpils , Vitebsk Governorate , Russian Empire ; died June 10, 1953 in Katowice , People's Republic of Poland ) was a Polish composer and conductor .
Life
Grzegorz Fitelberg studied composition with Zygmunt Noskowski and violin with Stanisław Barcewicz at the Warsaw Conservatory from 1891 to 1896 . He then worked at the Warsaw Teatr Wielki and was concertmaster of the Warsaw National Philharmonic from 1901 . In 1903 his son Jerzy Fitelberg was born in Warsaw . In 1905 Grzegorz founded the artist group Młoda Polska and the Spółka Nakładowa Młodych Kompozytorów Polskich with Karol Szymanowski , Ludomir Różycki and Apolinary Szeluto , whose first concerts he conducted.
From 1908 to 1911 Fitelberg was conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic, 1912/1913 at the Vienna Court Opera . From 1914 to 1921 he worked as a conductor in Petrograd and Moscow . After working with Sergei Djagilev's Ballets Russes , he was again chief conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic from 1923 to 1934. In addition, he taught composition at the Warsaw Conservatory from 1927 to 1930.
In 1935 he founded the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw , which he directed until 1939. During the Second World War he first went to Paris and then conducted the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in the 1940/1941 season . He worked in the United States until 1945 , after which he returned to Europe. In 1947 he again took over the direction of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , which had been re-established in Kattowitz in 1945 and played the world premiere of Lutosławski's First Symphony with Fitelberg . He directed this orchestra until his death. From 1950 to 1951 he also taught at the State Academy of Music in Katowice .
Fitelberg composed, among other things, two symphonies , three symphonic poems , two overtures , two Polish rhapsodies , a violin concerto , two violin sonatas and songs.
Since 1979 the Filharmonia Śląska ( Silesian Philharmonic ) in Katowice has organized the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for young conductors , which takes place every four years .
Works
- Romans bez słów for violin and piano, 1892
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1894
- Berceuse for violin and piano, 1897
- Chanson triste for piano, 1900
- Mazurka for violin and piano, 1900
- Romans bez słów for violin and piano, 1900
- Trio in F minor for violin, cello and piano, 1901
- Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1901
- Concert for violin and orchestra, 1903
- Canzoneta for symphony orchestra, 1903
- Symfonia No. 1 , 1904
- Pieśń o Sokole , symphonic poem for large orchestra, 1905
- Preludium i Pieśń "Łabędź" for voice and piano, 1906
- Wiosna , Overture for Orchestra, 1906
- Symfonia No. 2 , 1907
- Protesilas i Laodamia for voice and orchestra, 1908
- Rapsodia Polska for large orchestra, 1913
- Rapsodia No. 2 for orchestra, 1914
- W Głębi Morza , musical tableau in the form of an overture for large orchestra, 1914
- Recitative for clarinet and piano, 1918
- Marsz Radosny for symphony orchestra, 1953
literature
- Leon Markiewicz: Fitelberg, Grzegorz. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 6 (Eames - Franco). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fitelberg, Grzegorz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Daugavpils , Livonia , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1953 |
| Place of death | Katowice , Poland |