Jonathan Sternberg

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Jonathan Sternberg (born July 27, 1919 in New York City , † May 8, 2018 in Philadelphia ) was an American conductor and music teacher .

The son of Austro-Russian parents had violin lessons at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard School ) from 1929 to 1931 . He continued his education at the Manhattan School of Music , New York University and Harvard University (1939-40). As a conductor he was a student of Leon Barzin and Pierre Monteux . In 1941 he made his debut with the National Youth Administration Orchestra of New York in a performance of Aaron Copland's An Outdoor Ouverture , after which he began his military service.

After the end of the war he led the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra for one season , after which, after a short stay in the USA, he went to Vienna , where he conducted the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1947 . He then appeared as a guest conductor in Europe, America and the Far East. He worked closely with the Haydn researcher HC Robbins Landon . For his Haydn Society he recorded works by Joseph Haydn (Nelson Mass) as well as compositions by Mozart (Posthorn Serenade), Schubert's Second Symphony, Gioachino Rossini's Stabat mater , Sergei Prokofiev's Fifth Piano Concerto, Darius Milhaud's Fantaisie Pastorale and Charles Ives ' Set of Pieces .

In addition, he dedicated himself particularly to the presentation of works by contemporary American composers in Europe. As conductor of the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, he led the European premieres of Leonard Bernstein's Serenade , Gian Carlo Menotti's Violin Concerto and Charles Ives ' Second Symphony and conducted premieres of works by Samuel Barber , Aaron Coplands, David Diamonds and Benjamin Lees as well as with other orchestras the world premiere of Ned Rorem's First Symphony (1951) and László Lajthas Sixth (1961).

From 1957-58 Sternberg directed the Halifax Symphony Orchestra , from 1961 to 1966 he was musical director and chief conductor of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera Antwerp , after which he worked in the USA until 1968 for the ballet program of the Rebekah Harkness Foundation and from 1968-69 for the Atlanta Municipal Theater in the same function. As a guest conductor, he toured Europe with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg , performed Beethoven programs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall and directed the Orchester de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and symphony orchestras in Warsaw , Prague , Berlin , Munich , Stuttgart and Basel , Brussels and Monte Carlo.

From 1969 to 1971 Sternberg taught conducting as a visiting professor at the Eastman School of Music , then until 1989 at Temple University in Philadelphia. Here he also conducted world premieres of David Diamonds Music for Chamber Orchestra (1976), Vincent Persichetti's A Lincoln Address and Night Dances (1977) and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski's Ricercari notturni for three saxophones and orchestra (1978). From 1989 he taught at Chestnut Hill College . From 2004 to 2008 he was musical and artistic director of the Bach Festival of Philadelphia .

The numerous musicians who have appeared in concerts and operas under his direction include Isaac Stern , Yehudi Menuhin , Henryk Szeryng , Paul Badura-Skoda , Alfred Brendel , Annie Fischer , Philippe Entremont , Byron Janis , Teresa Stich-Randall , Lisa Della Casa , Hilde Güden , George London and Paul Schöffler . The Conductors Guild awarded him the Award for Lifetime Service in 2009 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Sternberg, American Conductor, Musical Director and Professor, Dies at 98 , accessed June 3, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Sternberg, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2018
Place of death Philadelphia