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Antal Doráti KBE (UK: / ˌ æ n t æ l d ɔː ˈ r ɑː t i /, US: / ˈ d ɔːr ɑː t i, d ɔː ˈ r ɑː t i /, Hungarian: [ˈɒntɒl ˈdoraːti]; 9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
Antal Dorati (born April 9, 1906, Budapest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]—died November 13, 1988, Gerzensee, near Bern, Switzerland) was a Hungarian-born American conductor notable for his promotion of 20th-century music, particularly that of Béla Bartók.
Welcome to the official homepage of Antal Doráti: Conductor, composer and much more, as you will see by yourself. The main contents of these pages are: Biography: The life of this allround artist was not "only" limited to the art of music. Experience A.D. also as a painter and writer.
Nov 15, 1988 · Antal Dorati, an internationally known conductor who championed the music of Bartok and who led the National Symphony in Washington from 1970 to 1977, died Sunday at his home in Gerzensee, near...
Apr 15, 2021 · Died: November 13, 1988 - Gerzensee, near Bern, Switzerland. The distinguished Hungarian-born American conductor and composer, Antal Doráti, studied with Leó Weiner, both privately and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he also received instruction in composition from Kodaly from 1920 to 1924.
Born in Budapest, Antal Dorati was the first NSO music director to come to the Orchestra with a well-established conducting career. Prior to his NSO appointment, he had served as music director for the Dallas and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras, and was formerly principal conductor of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo.
ANTAL DORATI: COMPOSER. A Catalogue of his Works. Calum MacDonald. To SAY that Antal Dorati is unquestionably one of the most distinguished. conductor-composers active today is maybe in itself no great accolade: there is not. sufficient competition to make it so.
