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José Serebrier: Portraits of the Maestro
- Author: Faure, Michel
It is a useful book for aspiring conductors or composers with a lot of good advice, pertinent information and captivating opinions from the man himself. If you are a Serebrier admirer than this...
José Serebrier: Portraits of the Maestro
- Author: Faure, Michel
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It is a useful book for aspiring conductors or composers with a lot of good advice, pertinent information and captivating opinions from the man himself. If you are a Serebrier admirer than this...
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With more than three hundred recordings to his name and multiple GRAMMY nominations, José Serebrier is one of the busiest and most successful conductors around. Admired across the globe, he has proven for several decades that he is not only one of the most original composers, but that he is also a major conductor for our times, one which the legendary Leopold Stokowski has called "the greatest master of orchestral balance". This book recounts his artistic journey and shares his many fascinating stories about encounters with famous personalities, past and present, in the classical music world.
The product of several years of conversations, his comments have been collected and annotated. They are accompanied by an updated and complete discography, a list of his published compositions, and critical observations by major music historians.
Contents
- Foreword by John Corigliano
- Introduction by Michel Faure
- Chapter 1: Itinerary of a Child Prodigy
- Chapter 2: The Uncertainties of a Double Career
- Chapter 3: Serebrier on Ives, from Bernard Jacobson’s Conductors on Conducting (1979)
- Chapter 4: Composer’s Notes
- Chapter 5: Paul Conway on the Music of José Serebrier
- Chapter 6: José Serebrier’s Experiences and Anecdotes about Colleagues and Mentors
- Chapter 7: Articles by José Serebrier
- Chapter 8: How I Was in Two Places at One Time, by Gary Karr
- Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Press Interviews
- Chapter 10: Awards Received by José Serebrier in the United States and Abroad
- Chapter 11: At the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
- Letters from Leopold Stokowski
- Published Works
- Discography, 1966-2021
- About the Authors
Awards and reviews
It is a useful book for aspiring conductors or composers with a lot of good advice, pertinent information and captivating opinions from the man himself. If you are a Serebrier admirer than this book is a must. If you are not, but love classical music, it is still very valuable for the personal views and perspectives of one of its most remarkable exponents
