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Georg Solti (1912–1997) was a Hungarian male conductor whose professional career began in 1938. Associated with classical music, he is identified as a Grammy winner. His recorded works include *Solti on Solti*, *Nilsson*, *La Nilsson*, and *Solti - Cancelled*. Solti’s musical philosophy emphasized versatility, noting that conducting different composers was not mutually exclusive and warning against complacency. He also discussed the importance of finding truth between different musical interpretations.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- György
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Antibes
- Occupation
- music director
- Educated at
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Employer
- Bavarian State Opera
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Student of
- Leó Weiner
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.georgsolti.com
- Image
- Sir George Solti 6 Allan Allan Warren.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt
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- Commons category
- Georg Solti
- date of birth
- 1912-10-21
- date of death
- 1997-09-05
- place of burial
- Farkasréti Cemetery
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Solti by Allan Warren, 1975 Sir Georg Solti (/dʒɔːrdʒ ˈʃɒlti/ jorj SHOL-tee, Hungarian: [ˈʃolti]; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) 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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis' influence on Hungarian politics, and being Jewish, he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House, he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist.
After the war, Solti was appointed musical director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1946. In 1952, he moved to the Oper Frankfurt, where he remained in charge for nine years. He took West German citizenship in 1953. In 1961, he became musical director of the Covent Garden Opera Company, London. During his 10-year tenure, he introduced changes that raised standards to the highest international levels. Under his musical directorship, the status of the company was recognised with the grant of the title "the Royal Opera". He became an honorary citizen of the coastal holiday town of Castiglione della Pescaia, and a British citizen in 1972.
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