Lovro von Matačić
Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985)[1] was a Croatian conductor and composer.
Early life[edit]
Lovro von Matačić was born in Sušak to a family that was granted a noble title in the early 17th century. Growing up, he was always surrounded by music and art: his father had a career as an opera singer, and his mother as an actress. After his parents’ divorce, the family moved to Vienna, where Lovro joined the Vienna Boys Choir of the Royal Court Chapel at the age of eight. The Choir's repertoire must have influenced his later affinities, but most of all through the music of Anton Bruckner. In the Piarists’ Gymnasium in Vienna he received training in piano, organ and music theory. His music education continued under distinguished teachers at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik,[2][3][4] which he never attended formally, and from which he did not obtain any degrees.
Legacy[edit]
The International Lovro von Matačić Competition is held every four years in Zagreb.[5] Notable past prize winners include Eugene Tzigane and Jakub Hrůša.
The "Lovro Matačić Lifetime Achievement Award" is awarded biannually by the Croatian Association of Musical Artists.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Horst Seeger: Opernlexikon, 4th edition 1989, Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft Berlin, GDR.
- ^ Stevenson, Joseph. "Lovro von Matacic – Artist Biography". allmusic.com. allmusic. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Matačić, Lovro von". Österreichisches Musiklexikon (in German). Kommission für Musikforschung, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "LOVRO von MATAČIĆ". The Lovro & Lilly Matačić Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ Lovro von Matačić Conductors Competition Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lovro Matačić Lifetime Achievement Award Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Lovro von Matačić at AllMusic
- www.fondmatacic.hr
- František Sláma (musician) Archive Archived 25 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. More on the history of the Czech Philharmonic between the 1940s and the 1980s: Conductors
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- 1899 births
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- Croatian conductors (music)
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- 20th-century classical composers
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- Croatian male classical composers
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