José Serebrians

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José Serebrier (born December 3, 1938 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan conductor and composer.

Serebrier took violin lessons from Jascha Fidlon at the age of nine and, from the age of eleven, directed Uruguay's first youth orchestra for four years, with which he gave more than one hundred concerts throughout the country. His earliest surviving composition is a sonata for violin solo from 1949. At the age of fifteen, he won a national prize for composition with the overture La Leyenda de Fausto , which made him internationally known.

On the initiative of Aaron Copland and Virgil Thompson , he received a scholarship from the American State Department , which enabled him to study at the Curtis Institute of Music with Vittorio Giannini (composition) and Efrem Zimbalist (violin). His first conducting teacher was Eugene Ormandy's assistant, William Smith , and he later continued his training with Pierre Monteux and - as the only student - with Antal Dorati . His First Symphony was performed by Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia at this time .

In 1958 Serebrier became assistant conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and completed his Second Symphony (Partita). In 1962 he became assistant to Stokowski with the American Symphony Orchestra , who premiered his Elegy for Strings (1952) and 1963 his Poema Elegiaco in Carnegie Hall . Serebrier's debut as a conductor at Carnegie Hall was also successful. As Stokowski's assistant he was involved in the recording of Charles Ives ' Fourth Symphony in 1965 . From 1968 to 1970 he was composer in residence and assistant to George Szell at the Cleveland Orchestra .

In the 1970s and 1980s Serebrier appeared as a guest conductor in numerous well-known orchestras in the USA, South America and Europe. He was the founder and artistic director of the International Festival of the Americas in 1984 and initiated the Miami Festival in 1985 , where works by contemporary composers such as Elliott Carter and others were performed by Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner . With more than 200 recordings, he was nominated eight times for a Grammy .

Works

  • Sonata for violin solo, op. 1 , 1948
  • Elegy for Strings , 1952
  • Quartet for Saxophones , 1955
  • Pequeña música for Wind Quintet , 1955
  • Symphony No. 1 , 1956
  • Momento psicológico for string orchestra, 1957
  • Suite canina for wind trio, 1957
  • 2nd symphony "Partita" , 1958
  • Symphony for Percussion , 1960
  • Fantasia for string quartet (string orchestra), 1960
  • Variations on a Theme of Childhood for Trombone or Bassoon and String Orchestra, 1963
  • Passacaglia and perpetuum mobile for accordion and chamber orchestra, 1966
  • The Star Wagon for chamber orchestra, 1967
  • Nueve for double bass and orchestra, 1970
  • Colores magicos , Variations for harp and chamber orchestra, 1971
  • Preludio fantastico y danza magica for five percussionists, 1973
  • George & Muriel for double bass, choir and double bass ensemble, 1986
  • Dorothy & Carmine! for flute and orchestra, 1991
  • Violin Concerto "Winter" , 1992
  • Winterreise for orchestra, 1999
  • At Dusk, in Shadows for solo flute
  • Night Cry for brass ensemble
  • 3rd symphony "Symphonie mystique" for string orchestra with solo soprano (without text), 2003

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Are quoted from works by Joseph Haydn Die Jahreszeiten . Oratorio, Hob 21: 3 Winter , Alexander Glasunow The Seasons: “Winter” and Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 Winter Dreams .
personal data
SURNAME Serebrians, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo