Vladimir Golschmann (16 December 1893 – 1 March 1972) was a French-American conductor.
Vladimir Golschmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family. 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. [1]
Golschmann was the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) from 1931 to 1958, their longest-serving music director. [2] His initial contract was for 3 years, and the successive contracts were renewed yearly. [3] For the last three years of his tenure, he was named conductor emeritus, during their search for a successor music director. He was initiated as an honorary member of the New Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1949. Golschmann remained in the US, becoming a citizen in 1957. [4]
In 1957 Golschmann joined forces with a young Glenn Gould and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra to record Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 and Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 for Columbia Masterworks (ML 5298, 1958). [5]
In his later years, Golschmann also worked with the orchestras of Tulsa and Denver. He died in New York City.
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Columbia Symphony Orchestra and
Glenn Gould in: Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op. 15 Johann Sebastian Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 in 1958 Here on archive.org | |
You may hear Vladimir Golschmann with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and
Glenn Gould in Johann Sebastian Bach's: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053 Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 in 1969 Here on Archive.org |
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