Theo Salzman

Theo Salzman (born August 31, 1907 in Vienna , † January 17, 1982 in Santa Barbara , California ), was an American cellist of Austrian origin.

Life

Salzman received his musical training at the New Vienna Conservatory with Wilhelm Jeral, Julius Lubowsky (cello) and Simon Pullman (chamber music). He then took private lessons with Julius Klengel in Leipzig . After engagements with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Orchestra of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Salzman emigrated to Palestine in 1938 . Here he was the first cellist in the Palestine Orchestra until 1947 and then emigrated to Australia . Until 1951 he toured with Richard Goldner in a Musica Viva Quartet through Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania and then moved to the USA . From 1952 Theo Salzman played as principal cellist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg . At the same time he cultivated his passion as a chamber musician and devoted himself passionately to teaching: first in summer courses at Chatham University , then at Duquesne University (1956–1964) and after the end of his orchestral career (1962) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh until the mid-1970s. Salzman spent his twilight years in Santa Barbara, California , where he died in 1982.

personal data
SURNAME	Salzman, Theo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Salzmann, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American cellist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	17th January 1982
Place of death	Santa Barbara (California) , California