Sergiu Comissiona Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Sergiu Comissiona Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Sergiu Comissiona (June 16, 1928 â€" March 5, 2005) was a

Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist.Born in Bucharest,

Romania in a Jewish family, he began violin studies at the age of

five, was hired as a violinist by the Romanian State Ensemble while

still in his teens, making his conducting debut at the age of 17. In

his twenties he was named principal conductor of the Romanian National

Opera, which he led from 1955 to 1959.He fled the Communist regime in

1959 and emigrated to Israel. In 1960 he founded the Ramat Gan Chamber

Orchestra, which he led until 1967. He also directed the Haifa

Symphony from 1959 until 1966. He made his American debut with the

Philadelphia Orchestra in 1965 and emigrated to the United States in

1968. Later he was also music director of the Gothenburg Symphony

Orchestra, Sweden, from 1966 to 1977, and became chief conductor of

the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1982.

Comissiona also held music directorships with some of North America's

leading ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the

Houston Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and was also music

director of the New York City Opera. Beginning in 1969 he spent 15

years with the Baltimore Orchestra and transformed it from a

little-known ensemble into a nationally respected orchestra,

eventually taking it on its first international tour and directing it

in its first recordings. He was also the Music Director of the Asian

Youth Orchestra. Comissiona was principal conductor of the Spanish

national broadcasting network orchestra in Madrid, the RTVE Symphony

Orchestra, from 1990 to 1998.From 1997 until his death, Comissiona

served as the conductor of the University of Southern California

Thornton School of Music Symphony
Sergiu Comissiona Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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