Bernardino Molinari

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Bernardino Molinari (11 April 1880 – 25 December 1952) was an Italian conductor.

Molinari in Jerusalem, 1945

Cover of a concert program of The Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra (Tel Aviv, 15 Dec 1947). Conductor: Bernardino Molinari

Molinari studied under Renzi and Falchi at the Accademia (then "Liceo Musicale") of Santa Cecilia in his home town of Rome.

In 1912 he was appointed artistic director of the Augusteo Orchestra, Rome, later renamed l'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, a position he held until the end of the Second World War. Since this was then, like now, the leading symphony orchestra position in Italy, it aroused the envy of several rivals.

Molinari guest-conducted at all the important musical centres in Europe and the Americas, always as a symphony leader. Unlike most Italian conductors, he seldom conducted opera.

Composer Robert Starer tells about a musical experience he had as Palestine Orchestra's young harpist in the 40s:

"…I sat behind [my] harp, glanced at the most intricate harp part I had ever encountered, and looked with heavily beating heart at the conductor, Bernardino Molinari, a fine, experienced maestro. He must have sensed how I felt, for he gave me every single cue and somehow helped me to get through the first movement without any noticeable mishap…"^[1]

Notable premieres

Concert

Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma, Augusteo, Rome, 4 December 1924
On 15.12.1947 Molinari directed Josef Tal's Exodus premiere with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel-Aviv.

Recording

Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Parlophone/Cetra 1942
Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Odeon, ca.1942

References

Mucci, E.: Bernardino Molinari. Lanciano, 1941.
Grove Dictionary of Music, Fifth Edition.

Notes

↑ Starer, Robert. Continuo – A Life in Music, Random House, New York, 1987, ISBN 0-394-55515-5

v t e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Music Directors

Bernardino Molinari (1912–44) Franco Ferrara (1944–45) Fernando Previtali (1953–73) Igor Markevitch (1973–75) Thomas Schippers (1976) Giuseppe Sinopoli (1983–87) Uto Ughi (1987–92) Daniele Gatti (1992–97) Myung-whun Chung (1997–2005) Antonio Pappano (2005)

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Persondata
Name	Molinari, Bernardino
Alternative names
Short description	Italian conductor
Date of birth	11 April 1880
Place of birth
Date of death	25 December 1952
Place of death

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