george, barati, born, györgy, braunstein, april, 1913, győr, hungary, june, 1996, jose, california, hungarian, american, cellist, composer, conductor, birth, namegyörgy, braunsteinborn, 1913, april, 1913origingyőr, austria, hungarydiedjune, 1996, 1996, aged, j. George Barati born Gyorgy Braunstein April 3 1913 Gyor Hungary June 22 1996 San Jose California was a Hungarian American cellist composer and conductor George BaratiBirth nameGyorgy BraunsteinBorn 1913 04 03 April 3 1913OriginGyor Austria HungaryDiedJune 22 1996 1996 06 22 aged 83 San Jose California Barati studied under Zoltan Kodaly and Leo Weiner while a student at the Liszt Academy of Music in the 1930s and became widely known as a performer throughout Hungary both as a soloist and with the Pro Ideale Quartet He immigrated to the United States in 1938 where he studied composition at Princeton under Roger Sessions and taught cello performance until 1943 He then relocated to California where he was cellist with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1946 50 and worked with chamber ensembles In 1950 Barati moved to Oahu where he became the conductor of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra a position he held from 1950 to 1967 He also began doing international tours as a conductor He returned to California in 1968 and was co director of the Villa Montalvo Center for Art in Saratoga California from 1971 to 1980 he directed the Santa Cruz County Symphony Orchestra Works selection editChant of Light for orchestra Chant of Darkness for orchestra The Dragon and the Phoenix 3 Inventionen for timpani Kammerkonzert Lumberjack for trombone Polarization for orchestra Quartet for harpsichord flute oboe and doublebass Sonate for violin and piano Symphony n 1 Alpine Triple Exposure for celloReferences editKathleen Haefliger Jonas Westover George Barati The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd edition 2001 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Barati amp oldid 1119356648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
