Musicians - Igor Markevitch

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Igor Markevitch (July 27, 1912-March 7, 1983) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor.

Born in Kiev, his family moved to Switzerland in 1914. His musical gifts were first noted by Alfred Cortot, who took him to Paris in 1926 for training as a composer and pianist. He gained recognition in 1929 with the performance of his Concerto Grosso in Paris.

Markevitch made his debut as a conductor at age 18 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He settled in Italy and became an Italian citizen. During the Second World War he was active with the partisan movement. He would relocate to London in 1953, and since 1965 he worked for the Spanish RTVE Orchestra. He died suddenly in Antibes on March 7, 1983.

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Compositions

Works by Igor Markevitch include:

Partita (1931) for piano and small orchestra
L'Envol d'Icare(1932) Ballet for orchestra
Le Paradis Perdu (1934-35) Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Lorenzo il Magnifico (1940) for soprano and orchestra

Theory

Historical, analytical and practical studies of Beethoven symphonies (Die Sinfonien von Ludwig van Beethoven: historische, analytische und praktische Studien; published by Edition Peters, Leipzig, 1982) - popular literatrue for conductors, allthough disputed.

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