Gerard Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1947, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA
United States
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Gerard Schwarz is an American conductor and former virtuoso trumpeter who led the Seattle Symphony for a quarter-century, championing American composers and building an extensive discography. He began as principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic before turning to conducting. He is Jewish; his parents were Viennese Jewish physicians who fled Nazi Austria for the United States.
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Orchestra conductor
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