Eugene Linden (conductor)

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Eugene Linden was a conductor. He conducted the first public performance of the Tacoma Philharmonic Orchestra (March, 1934), and directed the Seattle Symphony from 1948 to 1950. He is also credited as founder of the now defunct Pacific Northwest Grand Opera Company.

In 1934, Linden was awarded the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg scholarship, travelling to Salzburg to study under conductors Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini and Felix Weingartner

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