Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an

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n conductor of Hungarian birth. Swarowsky was born in

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. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and

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and Anton Webern. Herbert von Karajan invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the Vienna State Opera. He became a

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at the Vienna Music Academy. His many conducting students included Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Alexis Hauser, Alexander Alexeev,

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, Leonid Nikolaev,

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, Ádám and Iván Fischer, Avi Ostrowsky

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, Gustav Meier, Miltiades Caridis, Aleksandr Alekseyev,

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, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Brian Jackson,

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, Bryan Fairfax,

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and Bruno Weil. Otmar Suitner was Hans Swarowsky's successor at the Vienna Music Academy. Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication ''Wahrung der Gestalt'' (Keeping Shape), which today serves as an encyclopaedia for performance and conducting. From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (now the Royal Scottish N.O.). He died in

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, less than a week before his 76th birthday.

Selected recordings

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* Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto n°2 and Piano concerto n°5, Orazio Frugoni (piano), Pro Musica Ochestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8410 (rec.1954) *

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: Violin Concerto, Ivry Gitlis (violin), Pro Musica Ochestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8840 (rec.1954)

References

External links

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Hans Swarowsky
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Essay by Christopher Howell on Hans Swarowsky's life and recordings
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