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German conductor (1929–2020)
Othmar Mága
Born (1929-06-30 ) 30 June 1929Died 28 January 2020(2020-01-28) (aged 90) Education Occupations
Conductor
Academic teacher
Organizations Website
www .othmar-maga .de
Othmar Mága (30 June 1929 – 28 January 2020)
[1] was a German conductor, who was chief conductor internationally, including the
Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark and the
KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea. Among his many recordings are several rarely played concertos for instruments such as horn and double bass, including works of the 20th century.
Life
Mága was born in 1929 in
Brno ,
Czechoslovakia , to German-Hungarian parents.
[2]
[3] He studied violin, conducting and composing
in Stuttgart (1948–52), and musicology and German literature at the
University of Tübingen (1952–58).
[4] He studied conducting further, with
Paul van Kempen (1954–55),
Ferdinand Leitner (opera) and
Sergiu Celibidache (1960–62).
[3]
[5]
Mága was chief conductor of the
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester (1963–67) and of the
Nürnberger Symphoniker (1968–70).
[4] He then became
Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the
Bochumer Symphoniker and professor at the
Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, where he taught to 1982.
[4] From 1983 until 1987, Mága was chief conductor of the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan,
[6] then of the
Odense Symphony Orchestra , and from 1992 until end of 1996 chief conductor of the
KBS Symphony Orchestra , the orchestra of the
Korean Broadcasting System .
[4] From 2002 until 2003 he was GMD of the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker at the
Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach . Mága died in Kiel on 28 January 2020.
[1]
[2]
Repertoire
After sixty years of conducting Mága's repertoire contained over 2000 works, music from the Renaissance to works by contemporary composers, including several operas.
Discography
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor –
Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Bach: Overture No. 2 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Beethoven:
Die Ruinen von Athen –
KBS Symphony Orchestra Seoul (Cheil-Orange)
Beethoven:
Triple Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Beethoven:
Violin Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Berg: Symphonic Pieces from
Lulu – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Bizet:
Jeux d'enfants – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Bizet:
Symphony in C – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Borodin:
Symphony No. 2 –
Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Borodin:
Steppenskizze aus Mittelasien – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Chabrier:
España – KBS (Cheil-Orange)
Debussy:
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune –
Bochumer Symphoniker (Stadt Bochum)
Dvořák:
Cello Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Intercord "Saphir")
Dvořák: Overture Othello – KBS (Samsung-Classics)
Oldrich Flosman: Horn Concerto –
RSO Frankfurt (Audite)
Harald Genzmer : Organ Concerto – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Glazunov: Ballettszenen , Op. 52 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Glazunov:
Die Jahreszeiten – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Glazunov:
Raymonda – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Glinka: Dances from
Ein Leben für den Zaren – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Handel:
Feuerwerksmusik – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum und BASF)
Adolf von Henselt : Piano Concerto – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Henze: First Suite from
Undine – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband)
Hindemith:
Kammermusik Nr. 1 – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE)
Hindemith:
Kammermusik Nr. 7 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Da Camera Magna)
Hindemith: Konzertmusik , Op. 50 – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE)
Hindemith: Overture Neues vom Tage –
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (FFE)
Franz Anton Hoffmeister : Double Bass Concerto – RSO Frankfurt (FSM)
Leopold Koželuch : Double Bass Concerto – RSO Frankfurt (FSM)
Friedrich Kuhlau : Piano Concerto –
Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn)
Kuhlau: Concerto for Two Horns – Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn)
Kuhlau: Overture Elverhöj – Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn)
Anatoly Lyadov : Kikimora , Op. 63 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Theo Loevendie : De Nachtigal –
Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon)
Mahler: Adagio from
Symphony No. 10 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)
Francesco Malipiero : Piano Concerto No. 6 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)
Mendelssohn:
Antigone – RSO Frankfurt (Audite)
Mendelssohn: Fingals Höhle – KBS (Cheil-Orange)
Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum – KBS (Samsung-Classics)
Ignaz Moscheles : Piano Concerto in G minor –
Michael Ponti , piano, Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
[7]
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.
6 and
8 – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Nielsen:
Flute Concerto – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Nielsen:
Clarinet Concerto – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Jiří Pauer : Horn Concerto (1957) – RSO Frankfurt (Audite)
[7]
Poulenc:
L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon)
Poulenc:
Concerto for Two Pianos – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Prokofiev:
Peter en de Wolf – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon)
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Overture Russische Themen – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Rimsky-Korsakoff:
Sadko – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Skazka – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Suite No. 2 – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Anton Rubinstein : Piano Concerto No. 4 – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX)
Saint-Saens: Die Muse und der Poet – KBS (Cheil-Orange)
Saint-Saens:
Karneval der Tiere – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Intercord)
Schumann:
Symphony No. 3 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Stadt Bochum)
Sibelius:
Finlandia – KBS (Cheil-Orange)
Smetana:
Die Moldau – KBS (Cheil-Orange)
Stravinsky:
Dumbarton Oaks – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE)
Tchaikovsky: Der Sturm – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Tchaikovsky: Der Sturm, Phantasie , Op. 18 – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Tchaikovsky: Der Woywode – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Tchaikovsky: Fatum – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX)
Tchaikovsky: Overture Romeo and Juliet – KBS (Samsung-Classics)
Tcherepnin A.: Suite Der Abgrund – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Tcherepnin N.: Dances from Le Pavillon d'Armide – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Impromptu)
Válek: Violin Concerto –
FOK Prag (Supraphon)
Giovanni Battista Viotti : Violin Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FEE und Bellaphon)
Wladimir Vogel : Passacaglia – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FEE)
OCLC
1073022960 and
OCLC
1116823107
Peter-Jan Wagemans : Romance for violin and orchestra – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Donemus)
OCLC
605632516
Weber:
Symphony No. 1 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Weber:
Symphony No. 2 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum)
Anton Webern : Fünf Stücke . Op. 10 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)
Webern: Sechs Stücke , Op. 6 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)
Webern:
Sinfonie , Op. 21 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)
References
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"Dirigent Othmar Mága gestorben" .
WDR (in German). January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020 .
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"Dirigent Othmar Mága gestorben / Der Dirigent Othmar Mága ist tot. Er starb am Mittwoch im Alter von 90 Jahren in Kiel" .
rbb (in German). January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020 .
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"Dirigent Othmar Mága gestorben" .
SWR (in German). January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020 .
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"Dirigent Othmar Mága (90) gestorben" . Musik heute (in German). Retrieved January 30, 2020 .
^ International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory , Vol.1, 15th Edition, 1996/97, page 595
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Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
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b Michael Herman:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ntl_discogs/Balkan_concertos/ECE_Balkan_concertos3.htm East-Central European & Balkan Concertos / From the 19th Century To the Present / A Discography Of CDs And LPs. musicweb-international.com
External links
International National Artists