Ionel Perlea

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Ionel Perlea

Ionel Perlea (born December 13, 1900 in Ograda , Ialomița County , Romania, † July 29, 1970 in New York City , United States ) was a Romanian conductor and composer .

Between 1918 and 1920 Perlea studied with Anton Beer-Walbrunn in Munich and between 1920 and 1923 with Paul Graener at the Leipzig Conservatory for Music.

He made his debut on October 17, 1919 at the Athenaeum (Ateneul Român) in Bucharest as both composer and interpreter. In 1926 he received the George Enescu Composition Prize (Premiul de compoziție George Enescu) for his string quartet op.10 .

From 1927 to 1928 he worked as a conductor at the National Opera in Cluj, then went to the National Opera of Bucharest and took over the function of music director and conductor there until 1936.

In 1945 Ionel Perlea was the conductor of the Opera in Rome. His success brought him the offer of a permanent job for the desk of the famous Teatro alla Scala in Milan , which also meant his final breakthrough in the international music business. He conducted there from 1947 to 1957.

In 1949 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner .

On the recommendation of Arturo Toscanini , who named him as his successor by bequeathing him his own conducting staff, Perlea signed a contract with the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra from New York, where he served as music director from 1955 to 1965. He also inherited the professorship of conducting at the Manhattan School of Music in New York from Toscanini , where he worked with interruptions between 1952 and 1970.

In 1969 Ionel Perlea gave his last concerts in the Palace Hall and at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.

He suffered a stroke, as a result of which he could no longer move his right hand. He managed to learn to conduct with his left hand. He achieved another brilliant performance with the performance of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini .

During his career he conducted numerous opera performances in Vienna , Paris , Buenos Aires , Florence , and Chicago , and stood at the podium of famous orchestras, especially in the United States, but also with the Bamberg Symphony .

His works include a piano concerto, chamber music pieces and symphonic pieces. There are numerous recordings of him.

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  1. a b Christopher Howell: Forgotten Artists. Jonel Perlea (1900-1970). In: musicweb-international.com. (English).