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Grzegorz Fitelberg (18 October 1879 – 10 June 1953) was a Polish conductor, violinist and composer. He was a member of the Young Poland group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.

Grzegorz Fitelberg
Grzegorz Fitelberg in 1930s
Born	(1879-10-18)18 October 1879 Daugavpils, Russian Empire
Died	10 June 1953(1953-06-10) (aged 73) Katowice, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	Conductor

Life and career

Fitelberg was born into a Jewish family (father Hozjasz Fitelberg, mother Matylda Pintzof, sister Leja Wacholder, 1881–1941, were all murdered in the Holocaust),[1][2][3] in Daugavpils, Russian Empire (now Latvia). Between 1906–07, he performed several times at the Berlin Philharmonic. In 1908 he conducted in the Warsaw Opera, and between 1912–13 in the Vienna State Opera. During the first war he collaborated with Ballets Russes; he conducted the first performance of Igor Stravinsky's Mavra at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. From 1921 to 1934 he was the chief conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, where he excessively promoted new music. In 1935 he organized the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.[4] Between 1940–41, he conducted at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Throughout his career, he performed in various locations around the world including Paris, Monte Carlo, Brussels, Vienna, Dresden, Leipzig, Moscow, Bristol, London, The Hague, Buenos Aires, New York, Montreal and Toronto.[4] He died in Katowice, Poland in June 1953.[4]

His son was the Polish-American composer Jerzy Fitelberg, who predeceased him. His second wife, Halina Schmolz, was a ballet dancer who died in 1939, from wounds suffered during the bombing of the Poniatowski Bridge. Their home, Willa Fitelberga, has been restored.[5]

The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, one of the most important music competitions in Poland, takes place in the Silesian Philharmonic since 1979.

Awards

• Order of the Banner of Work (Poland, 1950)[6]
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 1947)[7]
• Knight's Cross of Legion of Honour (France)[8]
• Commander's Cross of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece, 1938)[9]
• Golden Cross of Merit (Poland, 1932)
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 1927)[10]

See also

• Antoni Wit
• Music of Poland

References

External links

• Free scores by Grzegorz Fitelberg at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Official website of The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine

Cultural offices
Preceded by Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński	Music directors, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra 1909–1911	Succeeded by Zdzisław Birnbaum

На других языках

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[de] Grzegorz Fitelberg

Grzegorz Fitelberg (geboren 18. Oktober 1879 in Daugavpils, Gouvernement Witebsk, Russisches Kaiserreich; gestorben 10. Juni 1953 in Kattowitz, Volksrepublik Polen)[1] war ein polnischer Komponist und Dirigent.

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- [en] Grzegorz Fitelberg

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[es] Grzegorz Fitelberg

Grzegorz Fitelberg (18 de octubre de 1879, Daugavpils, Letonia - 10 de junio de 1953 en Katowice, Polonia) fue un director, compositor y violinista polaco.

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[ru] Фительберг, Гжегож

Гжегож Фительберг (польск. Grzegorz Fitelberg, Григорий Григорьевич Фительберг; 18 октября 1879 — 10 июня 1953) — польский дирижёр, скрипач и композитор. Представитель течения Młoda Polska вместе с такими композиторами, как Кароль Шимановский, Людомир Ружицкий и Мечислав Карлович.

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