Oskar Danon
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Oskar Danon (born February 17, 1913 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Austro-Hungaria) is a Yugoslav Jewish composer and conductor.
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[edit] Education
He studied music in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he obtained his Ph.D. in musicology.
[edit] Performance career
He worked as a conductor in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and after the World War II became conductor and director of the Belgrade Opera (1944-1965) and the chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (1970-1974). He was also a conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. With these orchestras he performed both in Yugoslavia and abroad (Paris, Wiesbaden, Florence, etc.).
[edit] Teaching career
Oskar Danon was professor at the Belgrade Music Academy.
[edit] Awards and honors
Danon was awarded the October Award of the City of Belgrade for his conducting activity, as well as the AVNOJ Award (1970).
[edit] Affiliations
Danon is a member and former president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.
[edit] References
- Maksimović, M. (1971): Beogradska filharmonija 1951-1971 , Beogradska filharmonija, Beograd
- Mala enciklopedija Prosveta, I (1978), Prosveta, Beograd
- Muzička enciklopedija, I (1971), Jugoslovenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb
- Muzika i muzičari u NOB - Zbornik sećanja (1982), Grupa izdavača, Beograd
- Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987 (1988), Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
- Peričić, V. [1969]: Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji , Prosveta, Beograd
