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Pierre Monteux

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Pierre Monteux · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor

When

1875, Paris, France — 1964, Hancock, Maine, United States

Where

France · United States · United Kingdom

Biography

Pierre Monteux is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor

How & why

Pierre Monteux was a French conductor who premiered landmark works including Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and led the San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony and London Symphony orchestras. He was born into a French Jewish family in Paris.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor

1875

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music