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Sir Georg Solti, nato György Stern ( Budapest, 21 ottobre 1912 – Antibes, 5 settembre 1997 ), è stato un direttore d'orchestra ungherese naturalizzato inglese .
Sir Georg Solti KBE ( / dʒɔːrdʒ ˈʃɒlti / JORJ SHOL-tee, [1] Hungarian: [ˈʃolti]; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) [2] was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the ...
Sir Georg Solti, born in Budapest in 1912, was one of the great conductors of the 20th century. Music Director of numerous opera houses, including Munich, Frankfurt, London’s Royal Opera and the Paris Opera, as well as the Chicago Symphony orchestra, his 50-year relationship with Decca resulted in 300 recordings, including 40 operas and his ...
9 apr 2024 · Georg Solti (born October 21, 1912, Budapest, Hungary—died September 5, 1997, Antibes, France) was a Hungarian-born British conductor and pianist, one of the most highly regarded conductors of the second half of the 20th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir Georg Solti was one of this century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture in Europe and the US. The great Maestro made his first recordings for Decca in 1947, as a pianist with Kulenkampff (Brahms and Beethoven violin sonatas) and as a conductor with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Beethoven Egmont Overture).
It has twice been voted the greatest recording ever made, the first poll being of readers of Gramophone magazine in 1999, [4] and the second of professional music critics in 2011, carried out for the BBC. [5] For Decca, Solti made more than 250 recordings, including 45 complete opera sets.
Orchestral conductor George Solti was the longtime leader and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With CSO and other first-rate orchestras around the world, Solti made more than 250 recordings.
