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Conductor Peter Ernest Tiboris was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on October 31, 1947, to Ernest Peter Tiboris, a dentist, from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Stella Menas, of Waukegan, Illinois, first generation Greek-Americans of the Greek Orthodox faith.[1]

Early Life/Education

Peter Tiboris’ interests in Greek culture and music began at age five with piano lessons and continued at age nine with organ lessons given by the Reverend Father Peter Murtos of the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Sheboygan. At age 10 he became St. Spyridon’s organist.

Peter Tiboris studied music education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a bachelor’s degree (B.M.) in 1970 and a master’s degree (M.S.) in 1974. While still an undergraduate, he became Assistant Choir Master at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church of Madison, under Michael Petrovich.

In 1980, he received a doctorate (Ed.D) in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Between 1972 and 1984, he taught at colleges in Wisconsin, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Louisiana.

MidAmerica Productions

While serving as Associate Professor of Music at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette (now called University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1983, Peter Tiboris was asked to organize a concert in New York to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Archbishop Iakovos as Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America. The concert, on January 7, 1984, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, brought together soloists, choruses from Louisiana and New York, and the American Symphony Orchestra for a Greek-themed program which included the world premiere of Dinos Constantinides’ Hymn to the Human Spirit and the New York premiere of Constantinides’ Lament of Antigone.[2] The concert also marked the New York conducting debut of Peter Tiboris and the inaugural concert of MidAmerica Productions.

A review of Peter Tiboris’ first concert, written by the critic Tim Page in The New York Times, deemed Mr. Tiboris’ New York conducting debut “vigorous…alert, energetic.”[3]

Peter Tiboris has conducted many works in the choral repertoire as well as symphonic works, operas, and ballets, including world, U.S., and New York premieres of works by Beethoven/Mahler, Bruckner, Dinos Constantinides, Dello Joio, Dohnányi, Effinger, Philip Glass, Gregory Magarshak, Mozart, Nielsen, Schnittke, Taneyev[4], Tchaikovsky, and Mikis Theodorakis.[5][6][7][8]; as well as rarely-performed works by Cherubini[9] and Rossini.[10][11] He has also conducted in 20 countries.

MidAmerica Productions has presented approximately 1150 concerts worldwide,[12] including 850 concerts in New York, in such venues as Stern Auditorium, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; and Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. The original choral format has expanded to include Madrigal Festivals, a National Wind Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Festivals, National Festival Youth Orchestra, Sweet Adelines, and solo concerts featuring such musicians as Alan Gilbert and Stanley Drucker.

The company has become a launching pad for Elysium Recordings, Inc.,[13] a CD label founded in 1995 that has released 27 recordings to date and is distributed by Qualiton Imports[14] which includes significant works by Mascagni[15] and performances by Lukas Foss; the Manhattan Philharmonic, a freelance orchestra in New York; a solo and chamber music series at Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall; and a music festival in Greece, Festival of the Aegean,[16][17][18][19] which has completed its 8th season on the Island of Syros and was named “Best Festival in Greater Greece 2011” by the Music Critics of the Union of Greek Music and Theater Critics, Athens, Greece.

Personal Life

Peter Tiboris is married to the soprano Eilana Lappalainen and has two children from a previous marriage, Ernest Peter Tiboris, born in 1979; and Stephanie Susan Tiboris, born in 1982. His brother, Gus, a dentist, was born in 1948 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

References

  1. ^ "Stella (Menas) Tiboris Obituary", Sheboygan Press, September 25, 2012
  2. ^ "Tiboris Presents Festival of the Aegean", Leadership 100, 2008
  3. ^ Tim Page, "Rossini's 'Stabat Mater' At Alice Tully Hall", The New York Times, January 9, 1984
  4. ^ Allan Kozinn, Opera Review: Murder in Ancient Greece, Accompanied by Choirs", The New York Times, June 22, 2004
  5. ^ ”U.S. Premiere of Theodorakis’ Opera ‘Electra’”, The National Herald, October 16-17, 1999
  6. ^ Allan Kozinn, “Music Review: Oracular and Talky, an ‘Electra’ by a Greek”, The New York Times, June 1, 2000
  7. ^ ”US Awaits Mikis Theodorakis’ ‘Electra’”, Athens News, June 1, 2000
  8. ^ ”MidAmerica to Stage Theodorakis Opera”, The Greek American, June 2, 2000
  9. ^ Bernard Holland, “Intrigue and Vengeance Revel in the Sounds of Cherubini”, The New York Times, June 5, 2006
  10. ^ ”Midamerica Productions: Rossini’s ‘Ermione’”, The New Yorker, June 2, 2003
  11. ^ Jeremy Eichler, “Opera Review: Post-Trojan War Turmoil in a Rarely-heard Rossini”, The New York Times, June 5, 2003
  12. ^ "MAP Stats", MidAmerica Productions, Retrieved 11/13/2012
  13. ^ Brown, Royal S. (1995). "On to Elysium: An Interview with Peter Tiboris". Fanfare. 18 (6). {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  14. ^ "Elysium Recordings at Qualiton Imports", Qualiton Imports, Retrieved 11/13/2012
  15. ^ Stephen Francis Vasta, “Mascagni: Zanetto”, Opera News, August 2008
  16. ^ "Uncharted". Greek America. 5 (4–5): 36–39. 1999. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  17. ^ Nina Teicholz, ”Peter Tiboris & the Festival of the Aegean”, Odyssey Summer Guide ’00
  18. ^ Elis Kiss, “Aegean Festival Raises a Glass”, Kathimerini English Edition, July 18, 2011
  19. ^ “Aegean Festival”, International Herald Tribune, July 14, 2012

Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century conductors (music) Category:21st-century conductors (music) Category:American conductors (music)

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