Musician and Conductor. He began his career as a pianist at the age of just three. During four years of intensive study with Josef Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music, he toured the USA and was chosen to be the first soloist under Leopold Stokowski in the Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Concerts. He began studies in conducting under Fritz Reiner in 1935 and by 1937 had decided to devote all his time to conducting. He subsequently became the Musical Director of the Philadelphia Opera Company, then Conductor of the Austin, Texas Symphony Orchestra and finally the Queensland, Australia Symphony Orchestra, after which he worked as a guest conductor for various orchestras while based in London.
Musician and Conductor. He began his career as a pianist at the age of just three. During four years of intensive study with Josef Hofmann at the Curtis Institute of Music, he toured the USA and was chosen to be the first soloist under Leopold Stokowski in the Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Concerts. He began studies in conducting under Fritz Reiner in 1935 and by 1937 had decided to devote all his time to conducting. He subsequently became the Musical Director of the Philadelphia Opera Company, then Conductor of the Austin, Texas Symphony Orchestra and finally the Queensland, Australia Symphony Orchestra, after which he worked as a guest conductor for various orchestras while based in London.
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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