Dimitriy Mitropoulos [5] ( Greek
| Dimitri Mitropoulos Δημήτρης ητρόπουλο | |
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| A country |  Greece ,  USA |
| Professions | conductor , pianist , composer |
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Biography
Mitropoulos's musical talent manifested itself in adolescence, when from 11 to 14 years old he held musical meetings at his home every Saturday. By this time, his first composition, the Sonata for Violin and Piano (not preserved), dates from.
He studied at the Athens Conservatory , then in Brussels and finally in Berlin from Ferruccio Busoni . In 1921 - 1925 was an assistant conductor of the Berlin Opera Erich Kleiber . Later he held a number of musical posts in Greece, continuing to perform frequently in Germany. He founded (with violinist F. Bologne and cellist A. Papadimitriou) the Athenian trio. In 1930 , at a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he performed the 3rd Piano Concerto by Prokofiev , simultaneously conducting from behind the keyboard, a practice common to old-time playing music and rather unexpected for this time.
In 1936 , Mitropoulos made his first appearance in the USA (with the Boston Orchestra ) and in the late 1930s actually moved to America, receiving citizenship in 1946. In 1937 - 1949 . He was the principal conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra . In 1949 , he headed the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski , in 1951-1957. - alone, giving up this last post to his student Leonard Bernstein . Simultaneously, from 1954 until his death, Mitropoulos led the orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera .
He became famous as an interpreter of music of the 20th century, promoted the works of G. Mahler, R. Strauss, S. S. Prokofiev, R. Vaughan-Williams, A. Berg (the first complete audio recording of the opera “Vozzek”, 1951), A. Schoenberg . The opera repertoire of the Mitropoulos conductor included, among other things, operas by Russian composers (“Eugene Onegin” by P. I. Tchaikovsky, “Boris Godunov” by M. P. Mussorgsky). As a pianist, Mitropoulos for the first time performed and recorded E. Kshenek's piano concerto.
Died in Milan during a rehearsal of the 3rd symphony of Gustav Mahler .
Mitropoulos was known for his photographic memory, which allowed him to practically not use scores (not only at concerts, but also at rehearsals), and an almost monastic way of life, caused by a deep commitment to Greek Orthodoxy .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119293943 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Spelling of BDT (2012).
Literature
- Trotter WR Priest of music: the life of Dimitri Mitropoulos. Portland, 1995.
- Arfanis SA The complete discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos. 2nd ed. Athens, 2000.
- Zignani A. Dimitris Mitropoulos: una luce che incatena il cielo. Varese, 2007.