Isaac Mamott

Isaac Mamott (born April 25, 1907 in Lutsk , † April 5, 1964 in Toronto ) was a Canadian cellist and music teacher.

Mamott came to Winnipeg at the age of six. He first took violin and piano lessons there, then studied cello with Dezsö Mahalek and made his radio debut in 1922 as a cellist. After listening to a string quartet with Joseph Shadwick , John Sutter and Eugene Hudson , he formed the Tudor String Quartet (with Eugene Hudson, later Valberg Leland , Joseph Sera and Michael Barten ), which performed for ten years on the CBC's Winnipeg . He also had solo programs on the radio.

In 1950 he went to Toronto, where he was a member (from 1943 first cellist) of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1941 to 1950 . In 1943 he was one of the founding members of the Parlowc String Quartet (with Kathleen Parlow , Samuel Hersenhoren and John Dembeck ), to which he belonged until 1958. He was also principal cellist of the CBC Symphony Orchestra from 1952 to 1964 , performed as a festival trio with Albert Pratz and Glenn Gould at the Stratford Festival in 1953 and was a member of Heinz Unger's York Concert Society Orchestra .

In 1950 Mamott played the world premiere of John Weinzweig's Sonata Israel with the pianist Leo Barkin . From 1942 to 1964 he taught cello at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. There were among others William Findlay , James Hunter , Ronald Laurie , and Rowland Pack his students. Mamott died during the final chords of a performance of Richard Strauss ' Also Spoke Zarathustra with the CBC Symphony Orchestra , where he had played the cello solo parts.

source

• Isaac Mamott ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .