martin, rich, october, 1905, october, 2000, german, opera, symphonic, conductor, born, 1905, october, 1905breslau, germanydiedoctober, 2000, 2000, aged, manhattan, occupation, operatic, symphonic, conductor, rich, played, piano, from, studied, berlin, under, f. Martin Rich October 8 1905 October 23 2000 was a German opera and symphonic conductor Martin RichBorn 1905 10 08 October 8 1905Breslau GermanyDiedOctober 23 2000 2000 10 23 aged 95 Manhattan U S Occupation s Operatic and symphonic conductor Rich played the piano from the age of 5 He studied in Berlin under Franz Schreker He conducted at venues in Bologna in Italy and Grant Park in Illinois as well as the Metropolitan Opera From 1970 to 1986 he headed the Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester From the mid 1980s he taught private voice lessons at Temple University Rich was enemies with several notable conductors and musicians He enjoyed a friendship with conductor Leonard Bernstein and also worked alongside conductors Herbert von Karajan Bruno Walter and William Steinberg in music festivals around the world Rich is known particularly as the first conductor of the Fourth Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofiev together with one handed pianist Siegfried Rapp Berlin 1956 He often conducted The Rite of Spring Besides being a symphonic conductor Rich was a vocal coach for singers such as Martina Arroyo Rich claimed that he was born left handed but was forced him to learn to be right handed by teachers and family Rich died in 2000 aged 95 He was survived by his wife daughter and two grandchildren References editObituary at New York Times nbsp This article about a German conductor or band leader is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martin Rich amp oldid 1112165682, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
