Georg Solti
Sir Georg Solti was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Budapest
- Educated at
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Awards
- 🏆 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic🏆 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal🏆 honorary doctor of Harvard University🏆 Brit Award for Classical Recording🏆 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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Trending topics shown first"Georg Solti: There isn't any. There isn't any for me. This is a question for amateurs. Amateurs have favorite symphonies. A pro never have favorites. The favorite is what I am doing now, today. That's…"
"From Toscanini I learnt the essential and desperate seriousness of making music."
"Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense."
"In my orchestra, I hate slackness, idle talk and lost time. I always hated this and still hate it. But I can achieve much more when I am quiet and not shouting."
"Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician."
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Timeline
1912
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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