Gustav Meier

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Gustav Meier (born August 13, 1929 in Wettingen ; † May 26, 2016 ) was a Swiss conductor and music teacher .

Life

Meier studied at the Zurich Conservatory and at the Accademia Chigiana Siena . 1957-58 he attended the master classes for conductors in Tanglewood together with Claudio Abbado , Zubin Mehta and David Zinman . He began his career as a conductor at the Lucerne Opera and then conducted at the Vienna Chamber Opera and the Zurich Opera.

From 1960 to 1973 he was a music professor at Yale University . He then taught at the Eastman School of Music until 1976 . From 1980 to 1996 he led the conducting seminars in Tanglewood. In 1988 he received the Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award from Harvard University . His students include a. Marin Alsop , Alexander Frey , Antonio Pappano , Bobby McFerrin , Yakov Kreizberg , Rico Saccani , Carl St. Clair , Bundit Ungrangsee , Mark Gibson , Jun Märkl and Benjamin Loeb .

Meier has conducted the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra in Michigan and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut. He has also appeared as a guest conductor in various orchestras in the USA, Latin America and Europe. He directed the world premieres of compositions by Robert Carl , Elliott Carter , Kurt Weills , Hugo Weisgalls , James Mulcro Drews and Thomas Fays . In 1995 he received the Ditson Conductor's Award from Columbia University for his contributions to American music. In 2009 his book The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor was published .

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  1. ^ Renowned conducting teacher has died
  2. ↑ Conductor and faculty member Gustav Meier passed away May 26, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Wettingen , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2016