Martin Turnovský

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Martin Turnovský (born 29 September 1928) is a Czech conductor.

[edit] Biography

Turnovský was born in Prague. He studied conducting at the Prague Academy of Music as a pupil of Karel Ancerl and George Szell. He won first prize at the International Conductors Competition of 1958 in Besancon, France.

During the 1960s, Turnovský was appointed chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Plzeň (1963-66), the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Semperoper (1966-1968), the Norwegian State Opera (1975-80), the Opera in Bonn (1979-83), and the Prague Symphony Orchestra (1992-96). He was also permanent guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1960-1968).

After the entry of the Warsaw Pact nations into Czechoslovakia (Prague Spring), Turnovský immigrated to Austria and was granted Austrian citizenship. However, following the revolutions of 1989 he returned to central and Eastern European countries.

After Turnovský gained Austrian citizenship, he conducted many more symphony orchestras, inclu­ding the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Vienna Symphony, the Bamberg Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and other orchestras.

[edit] References

• Tunovsky. Baron & Weingartner Artists. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
• Aryeh Oron (August 2005). Martin Turnovský biography. Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.

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