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Emmanuel Krivine

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Emmanuel Krivine · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor

When

1947, Grenoble, France

Where

France

Biography

Emmanuel Krivine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor

How & why

Emmanuel Krivine is a French conductor who, after a violin career (Premier Prix at the Paris Conservatoire at sixteen), turned to conducting and led the Orchestre National de Lyon, founded La Chambre Philharmonique, and became music director of the Orchestre National de France. He is regarded among the leading French conductors of his generation. Born to a Russian father and a Polish mother, he is of Jewish descent.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor

1947

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music