And now the time has come for people to rediscover what they’ve been missing. His work is very important and now musicians, concert promoters, and orchestras are discovering their wonderful works to play and enrich their repertoires. Another conductor is Alexander Zemlinsky. Paul von Klenau, like other conductors of the first half of the 20th century, was in the shade of other giants. We’re really interested to put him back into the spotlight. And we are now giving a belated birth to two children of his mind - the Piano Concerto (1944) and Violin Concerto (1922). I got to evaluate him, I got to really appreciate what he's done. So that’s how I got to know this composer who was unfamiliar to me. It is a huge endeavour to record all his works. Since then, Danish cultural institutions have decided to have a deep and intense look at Klenau’s life and work, and they are editing his scores and music. He was completely alone, unrecognised, and out of favour. Klenau is a conductor who died in 1946 in Denmark. And it was also meant for us to have a concert performance experience before we record the piece. On Tuesday, we had an open rehearsal to cast attention on. ![]() ![]() Tell us a bit more about him and his significance to you. Speaking of Paul von Klenau, you had an open rehearsal recently celebrating his works. The week before I was in Austria, and before that it was Denmark. We are also having a heavy week of CD recordings for Paul von Klenau. We just had an associate conductor audition. ’The voice of this violin has pleased audiences for more than 300 years, and we hope it will continue to do so for another 300 years and beyond.The SSO 2022/23 season will commence with an exclusive Temasek Foundation SSO Hans Graf Inaugural Concert on 28 and 29 July, marking a new milestone in SSO's extensive legacy under Maestro Graf's baton.Īhead of the upcoming season, Bandwagon caught up with Maestro Graf and spoke with him about his thoughts on being appointed Music Director, his artistic vision moving forward, as well as the difficulties he faced in leading the orchestra as Chief Conductor amidst the pandemic. ’All of us at Tarisio are deeply honoured to be a part of the great history of the ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ violin through today’s auction and to extend the musical legacy of this incomparable instrument – crafted by Antonio Stradivari, the greatest violin maker of all time,’ said Carlos Tome, director at Tarisio. Later, the violin was part of several important 19th century collections and ultimately was acquired by a Japanese collector. Seidel befriended Albert Einstein, becoming his violin mentor and performing with Einstein in a benefit concert in New York in 1933, to aid German-Jewish scientists fleeing Nazi Germany. He also recorded several early Hollywood film scores with this violin, including The Wizard of Oz, Intermezzo, and Melody for Three, among others. Seidel owned the violin for nearly four decades, during which he performed with major orchestras, made numerous orchestral recordings, hosted a popular radio programme and served as CBS Network’s musical director. He said of his prized acquisition ’…we precisely suit each other, and I am convinced it is one of the finest examples of the famous violin maker’. On 27 April 1924, Seidel bought the violin for $25,000, the story of which made front-page headlines in the New York Times. Seidel was a protégé of Leopold Auer, a classmate of Jascha Heifetz, and is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. The ‘da Vinci’ was the concert companion of the celebrated Russian-American virtuoso Toscha Seidel for nearly forty years. Read: 1721 ‘Lady Blunt’ Stradivari violin sells for £9.8m ![]() View our photo gallery of the 1714 ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ Stradivari violin
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