Grzegorz Fitelberg

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Grzegorz Fitelberg

Grzegorz Fitelberg (18 October 1879 – 10 June 1953) was a Polish conductor, violinist and composer. He was a member of the Młoda Polska group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.

Fitelberg was born into a Polish-Jewish family (father Hozjasz Fitelberg, mother Matylda Niezrównany), in Daugavpils, Latvia. In 1908 he conducted in the Warsaw Opera, in 1912 in the Vienna Opera. During the first war he collaborated with Ballets Russes; he conducted the first performance of Mavra of Igor Stravinsky. From 1921 to 1934 he was the chief conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, excessively promoting new music. In 1935 he organized the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He died in Katowice, Poland.

His son was the Polish-American composer Jerzy Fitelberg, who predeceased him.

The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, one of the most important music competitions in Poland, takes place in the Silesian Philharmonic since 1979.

External links

• Free scores by Grzegorz Fitelberg at the International Music Score Library Project
• official website of The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors

Cultural offices
Preceded by Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński	Music directors, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra 1909–1911	Succeeded by Zdzisław Birnbaum