Oskar Danon
Oskar Danon (born February 17, 1913 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Austro-Hungaria) is a Bosnian Jewish composer and conductor.[1]
Education
He studied music in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he obtained his Ph.D. in musicology.
Performance career
He worked as a conductor in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and after the World War II became conductor and director of the Belgrade Opera (1944–1965) and the chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (1970–1974). He was also a conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. With these orchestras he performed both in Yugoslavia and abroad (Paris, Wiesbaden, Florence, etc.).
Teaching career
Oskar Danon was professor at the Belgrade Music Academy.
Awards and honors
Danon was awarded the October Award of the City of Belgrade for his conducting activity, as well as the AVNOJ Award (1970).
Affiliations
Danon is a member and former president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.
Notes
- ^ Munjin, Bojan (22 March 2007). "Ovo su društva bez vizije". Feral Tribune (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 October 2008.
References
- Maksimović, M. (1971): Beogradska filharmonija 1951–1971 , Beogradska filharmonija, Beograd
- Mala enciklopedija Prosveta, I (1978), Prosveta, Beograd
- Muzička enciklopedija, I (1971), Jugoslovenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb
- Muzika i muzičari u NOB — Zbornik sećanja (1982), Grupa izdavača, Beograd
- Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937–1987 (1988), Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
- Pejović, R. (1986): Oskar Danon, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
- Peričić, V. [1969]: Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji , Prosveta, Beograd