Jorge Mester

Jorge Mester (born April 10, 1935, Mexico City) is a Mexican-American conductor and violinist of Hungarian descent. He studied conducting with Jean Morel at the Julliard School in New York and work with Leonard Bernstein at the Berkshire Music Center and with Albert Wolff. In 1955 he made his debut in the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico and in 1960 made his opera debut with Salome at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. He conducted the Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He became music director of the Louisville Orchestra in 1967. From 1969 to 1990 he was music director of the Aspen Festival and was appointed music director of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra in 1983 and in 1998 music director of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. He also was director of Julliard´s conducting department and conducted concerts and operas in the Thompton School of Music.He resides in Southern California.

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* [http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/birth/born1935.htm Islandnet,com]

External Links

* [http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Jorge_Mester/30951.htm Biography on Naxos]
* [http://www.pasadenasymphony.org/mester.htm Mester's Bio from the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra]
* [http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/Conductors.htm Mester's Bio from the Louisville Orchestra]