Lovro from Matačić
Lovro von Matačić ( German Lorenz von Mattachich ; born February 14, 1899 in Sušak , Rijeka , Austria-Hungary ; † January 4, 1985 in Zagreb (other sources: Belgrade or Dubrovnik ), Yugoslavia ), was a Yugoslav conductor and composer .
Life
Matačić was the youngest son of the famous Viennese actress Constance von Linden (born May 14, 1877 in Budapest ). Matačić was initially a Vienna Boys' Choir before he learned composition and conducting in the Austrian capital. Throughout his life he remained tied to the Austrian repertoire from Joseph Haydn to Anton Bruckner , for which he was honored with the Anton Bruckner Ring in 1981 by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra .
From 1945 to 1946 Matačić was imprisoned by the Yugoslav regime in the Stara Gradiška prison.
From 1948 to 1954 he worked as an opera and orchestra conductor in Skopje and Rijeka . 1956 to 1958 he was chief conductor of the Dresdner Staatskapelle , 1961 to 1966 general music director of the Frankfurt Opera , 1972 to 1979 GMD of the Monte Carlo Orchestra . He also conducted frequently in Prague and regularly in Berlin , London and Paris , with many recordings of symphonies and operas . Lovro von Matačić's Herculean figure and dynamic, precise orchestral direction were particularly popular in Japan . From 1970 to 1980 he was the main conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic .
As an opera conductor , Matačić took on, among others, the Freischütz (with Rudolf Schock and Gottlob Frick ) and The Merry Widow (with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ). After his death he was buried in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb .
Von Matačić also emerged as a composer of works in contemporary style. His most important work in this field is the Symphony of Confrontations (1979, revised 1984), a four-movement, one-hour composition for two concert grand pianos , a large string orchestra and a huge percussion apparatus . The work addresses the global nuclear threat in a very harsh language and quotes the Dies irae theme of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique .
literature
- Marijana Pintar: MATAČIĆ, Lovro (Lorenz von Mattachich). In: Hrvatski biografski leksikon. 2016, accessed June 21, 2020 (Croatian).
- Matačić, Lovro pl. in: Hrvatska Enciklopedija , Volume 7, 2005
Web links
- Works by and about Lovro von Matačić in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lovro & Lilly Matačić Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography ( memento of July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Lovro-von-Matacic-Foundation
- ^ Horst Seeger : Opernlexikon , 4th edition 1989, Henschelverlag Art and Society Berlin, GDR.
- ↑ Lovro von Matačić - Hrvatski Conductor ( Memento from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), hrt.hr (Croatian)
- ↑ ANNO, Der Tag, 1928-04-15, page 12. Retrieved on June 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Excerpt from an interview with Matacic and beginning of the third movement
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matačić, Lovro from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rijeka |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1985 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |