Milton Katims
Milton Katims (born June 24, 1909 in Brooklyn , New York City , † February 27, 2006 in Shoreline , Washington ) was an American conductor and violist .
Life
Katims, offspring of an Austro-Hungarian-Russian immigrant family, studied violin at Columbia University , then viola and conducting with Léon Barzin . From 1935 to 1943 he worked as a violist and assistant conductor at WOR Radio Station. He then became a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Arturo Toscanini , where he was first principal violist and from 1947 to 1954 as principal guest conductor. At the same time he taught at the Juilliard School , founded the New York Quartet with the pianist Mieczysław Horszowski and temporarily helped out with the Budapest Quartet .
In 1954 he became music director and conductor of the Seattle Symphony and remained in this position until 1976. He also conducted renowned orchestras as a guest. a. New York Philharmonic , Philadelphia Orchestra , Boston Symphony , London Philharmonic , Cleveland Orchestra and Montreal Symphony . From 1976 to 1984 he was Artistic Director of the Moore School of Music at the University of Houston . In 1985 he still taught as a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory .
Web links
- Paula Becker: Katims, Milton ( Memento from April 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on: historylink.org , December 21, 2004 (English)
- Martin Anderson: Violist / conductor who, inspired by Toscanini, made Seattle Symphony Orchestra an international force. In: The Independent . March 6, 2006 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c George Gelles, Jacob Hosler: Katims, Milton. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- ↑ a b c Katims, Milton . In: Nicolas Slonimsky , Laura Kuhn (Eds.): Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 8th edition. tape 3 . Schirmer Books, New York 2001, ISBN 0-02-865528-1 , pp. 1831 (English).
- ↑ Tully Potter: Milton Katims. Accidental master of the viola and a dynamic conductor. In: The Guardian . March 9, 2006 (English).
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SURNAME | Katims, Milton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American conductor and violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2006 |
Place of death | Shoreline , Seattle , Washington |