Sergiu Comissiona
Sergiu Comissiona · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1928, Bucharest, Romania — 2005, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Romania · Israel · United States
Sergiu Comissiona is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor
Sergiu Comissiona, born into a Jewish family in Bucharest, was a Romanian-Israeli-American conductor who made his conducting debut at seventeen and led the Romanian National Opera before fleeing the Communist regime for Israel in 1959. In the United States he spent fifteen years transforming the Baltimore Symphony into a nationally respected orchestra and later led the Houston Symphony and others. He built and elevated ensembles across three continents over a five-decade career.
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Orchestra conductor
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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