Vladimir Golschmann

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Vladimir Golschmann (born 16 December 1893 in Paris, France, died 1 March 1972, New York City) was a French conductor. He studied violin at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He was a notable advocate of the music of the composers known as Les Six. In Paris, he had his own concert series, the 'Concerts Golschmann', which began in 1919. He became the director of music activities at the Sorbonne, at the behest of the French government. Golschmann also conducted performances at the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev.^[1]

In the United States, Golschmann was the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) from 1931 to 1958, their longest-serving music director.^[2] His initial contract was for 3 years, and the successive contracts were renewed yearly.^[3] For the last three years of his tenure, he had the title of 'Conductor Emeritus', during their search for a successor music director.

In his later years, Golschmann also worked with the orchestras of Tulsa and Denver.

His recordings include:

• "Modern French Music," a circa 1950 Long playing record, Capitol Records, P8244. On this recording he conducted The Concert Arts Orchestra. The program was Honegger, Pastorale D'ete; Milhaud, Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit; Satie Three Gymnopedies; Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin.
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 with Glenn Gould / Columbia Symphony Orchestra
• Samuel Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley, Second Essay (with the Symphony of the Air)
• Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
• Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
• César Franck: Symphony in d (with the SLSO)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 with Arthur Rubinstein / SLSO
• Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 with Leonard Pennario / SLSO
• Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, with the SLSO (recorded 1945)^[4]
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (with the SLSO)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini (with the SLSO)

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• Biography, from the St Louis Symphony

Preceded by Vaclav Talich	Principal Conductor, Scottish Orchestra 1928–1930	Succeeded by John Barbirolli
Preceded by Rudolph Ganz	Music Director, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra 1931–1958	Succeeded by Edouard van Remoortel