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Encyclopedia > Jerzy Semkow

Jerzy Semkow (born 1928 in Poland) is a Polish conductor. He has served as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony, Principal Conductor of the Royal Danish Opera and the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen, Music Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic, Music Director of the Orchestra of Radio-Televisione Italiana (RAI) in Rome, and Artistic Director of the National Opera in Warsaw. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...


He has lectured on music at the University of Colorado and conducted master classes at Yale University and New York's Manhattan School of Music.


He is a French citizen and resides in Paris.


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Preceded by:
Walter Susskind
Music Director, St Louis Symphony Orchestra
1975–1979
Succeeded by:
Leonard Slatkin
Preceded by:
David Zinman
Principal Conductor, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1985–1993
Succeeded by:
Christoper Seaman

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Bio for Jerzy Semkow (511 words)
Jerzy Semkow has gained an international reputation through his appearances with the world's leading orchestras and opera companies.
Maestro Semkow has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Paris, and the National Orchestra of Belgium, as well as the principal orchestras of London, Vienna, Stockholm, Madrid, Frankfurt, Monte Carlo, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Milan, Rome, Florence and Jerusalem, among other music centers.
Maestro Semkow's activities in the 1998-99 season included season-opening concerts with the NDR Radio-Philharmonie in Hannover, Germany; performances with the Ensemble Orchestral liug$axis, a new production of "Boris Godunov" with the Rome Opera, and multiple concerts with the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre National de Lyon.
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