Vladimir Golschmann

Vladimir Golschmann (16 December 1893 – 1 March 1972) was a French conductor.

Biography

He studied violin at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He was a notable advocate of the music of the composers known as "Les Six". In Paris, he had his own concert series, the Concerts Golschmann, which began in 1919. He became the director of music activities at the Sorbonne, at the behest of the French government. Golschmann also conducted performances at the "Ballets Russes" of Sergei Diaghilev. [cite news | author= | title=Glass Arm Substitutes | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742746,00.html | work=Time | date=21 December 1931 | accessdate=2007-09-03]

In the United States, Golschmann was the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) from 1931 to 1958, their longest-serving music director. [cite news | author= | title=Halfway in St. Louis | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858756,00.html | work=Time | date=20 March 1950 | accessdate=2007-09-03] His initial contract was for 3 years, and the successive contracts were renewed yearly. [cite news | author= | title=Long-Term Conductor | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866791,00.html | work=Time | date=27 February 1956 | accessdate=2007-09-03] For the last three years of his tenure, he was named conductor emeritus, during their search for a successor music director.

In his later years, Golschmann also worked with the orchestras of Tulsa and Denver.

Noted recordings

* "Modern French Music," a circa 1950 Long playing record, Capitol Records, P8244. On this recording he conducted The Concert Arts Orchestra. The program was Honegger, "Pastorale D'ete"; Milhaud, "Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit"; Satie "Three Gymnopedies"; Ravel, "Le Tombeau de Couperin".
* Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard "Concerti Nos 2-5, 7" with Glenn Gould / Columbia Symphony Orchestra
* Samuel Barber: "Music for a Scene from Shelley", "Second Essay" with the Symphony of the Air
* Béla Bartók: "Piano Concerto No. 3" with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
* Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique" with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
* César Franck: Symphony in d with the SLSO
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Piano Concerto No. 23" with Arthur Rubinstein / SLSO
* Sergei Prokofiev: "Piano Concerto No. 3" with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
* Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Piano Concerto No. 2" with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
* Arnold Schoenberg: "Verklärte Nacht", with the SLSO recorded 1945 [cite news | author= | title=New Records| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,855238,00.html | work=Time | date=3 September 1945 | accessdate=2007-09-03]
* Dmitri Shostakovich: "Symphony No. 5" with the SLSO
* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet", "Francesca da Rimini" with the SLSO

References

External links

* [http://www.slso.org/musc/golschmann.htm Vladimir Golschmann biography at the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra website]
* [http://www.bambootrading.com/proddetail.asp?prod=742&cat=250 1948 magazine advertisement with picture of Vladimir Golschmann]