Lev Aronson
Lev Zacharovitch Aronson (born February 7, 1912 in Mönchengladbach , † November 12, 1988 in Dallas ) was a cellist and composer .
Life
After the occupation of Latvia by the German Wehrmacht in 1941, Aronson was deported to various concentration camps.
After the Second World War he was sent to a Soviet and then a DP camp . In 1948 he managed to emigrate to the USA . There he became principal cellist in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra , where he worked for 20 years under conductors such as Antal Doráti , Walter Hendl , Paul Kletzki and Donald Johanos .
Web link
- Lev Aronson in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
literature
- Frances Padorr Brent: The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson . Atlas & Co., New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-934633-11-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stacey Kim, Frances Brent: Aronson, Lev Zacharovitch on: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aronson, Lev |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aronson, Lev Zacharovitch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1988 |
| Place of death | Dallas |