Jorge Mester
Jorge Mester is among the more important American conductors of his generation. He rose to prominence as a champion of contemporary music, conducting and recording works by Cowell, Crumb, Mennin, Piston, Ginastera, Chávez, Penderecki, and many others. He made over 70 recordings of new music, mostly for the pioneering CRI label. In later years, he still devoted much time to contemporary works by composers like Glass, Michael Daugherty, and Joan Tower. Mester also conducted many standards in the orchestral repertory and is well known in the realm of opera for his performances of Salome, Cavalleria Rusticana, Ì Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Le nozze di Figaro, and many others at venues like the New York City Opera, Washington Opera, Spoleto Festival, and Sydney Opera. Mester's recordings are available on a wide variety of labels, including Naxos, Albany Records, Vanguard, and Telarc.
Jorge Mester was born in Mexico City on April 10, 1935, to Hungarian-immigrant parents. He studied conducting at the Juilliard School of Music, where his most important teacher was Jean Morel. He later took lessons from Leonard Bernstein and William Schuman.
At his 1955 conducting debut, he led the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. He returned to Juilliard in 1958 to teach both conducting and literature, leaving in 1968. He rejoined the faculty later on (1976-1978 and 1980-1988); his students there included James Conlon, JoAnn Falletta, John Nelson, and Dennis Russell Davies.
Mester's first important post came in 1961, when he was appointed music director of New York's Greenwich Village Symphony Orchestra. He served just one season, but by this time was busily exploring other vistas, including opera -- he had successfully debuted with Salome at the 1960 Spoleto Festival.
In 1967 Mester was appointed music director of the Louisville Orchestra, and it was with this ensemble that he made more than 70 recordings, many of which drew international acclaim.
Mester served as music director of the Aspen Festival from 1970 until 1991 and was conductor of the ill-fated Kansas City Philharmonic from 1972 to 1975. Mester left his post in Louisville in 1979 to work with the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. The latter part of Mester's career centered on two important positions, both of which he still held in 2007: he became music director of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra in 1984 and of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998.
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Roque Cordero: Symphony No. 2 in One Movement - Henry Brant: On the Nature of Things, After Lucretius
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Carlos Chávez: Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite) - Enrique Granados: "Dante" Symphonic Poem, Op. 21
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Vincent Persichetti: Symphony No. 8 - Wallingford Riegger: Study in Sonority, for Ten Violins, Op. 7
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Silvestre Revueltas: Redes (Complete) - Alberto Ginastera: Ollantay (A Symphonic Triptych)
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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P.D.Q. Bach: Two Pianos Are Better Than One
Peter Schickele, Jon Kimura Parker, Jorge Mester, The New York Pick-Up Ensemble
Klassik - Erschienen bei Telarc am 01.09.1994
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Classic Choice
Jorge Mester, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei ABC Classic am 01.06.1993
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Samuel Barber: Modern Vocal Premieres: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op.24, Hermit Songs, Prayers of Kierkegaard, Die Natali
Samuel Barber, Leontyne Price, Eleanor Steber
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Roy Harris: When Johnny Comes Marching Home Overture - Walter Piston: Symphony No. 1 - John Weinzweig: Symphonic Ode
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Frank Martin: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Cowell : Premiere Recordings
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Leo Ornstein: Nocturne & Dance of the Fates - Arthur Foote: Francesca Da Rimini - Arthur Bird: Carnival Scene
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Dominick Argento: Royal Invitation (Homage to the Queen of Tonga) - Jacob Druckman: Lamia
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Arthur Honegger: Prélude pour Aglavaine et Sélysette - Peter Mennin: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Volume 2, Digital Album 2 (Simon Sargon - Richard J. Neumann - Bruce Craig Rotter)
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Roque Cordero, Jesús Pinzón and Joaquìn Nin-Culmell Premiere Recordings
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Boris Blacher: Orchestral Ornament, Op. 44 - Francis Poulenc: Deux Marches et un Intermède - Darius Milhaud: Cortège Funèbre
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Leon Kirchner: Toccata for Strings, Solo Winds, & Percussion - Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from "Hamlet," Op. 32
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Henry Cowell: Sinfonietta - Carlos Surinach: Melorhythmic Dramas
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Music of Spain: Falla | Albéniz | Turina
Jorge Mester, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei ABC Classic am 15.10.2010
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Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36, No. 1 - Goffredo Petrassi: "Noche Oscura," Cantata per Coro Misto e Orchestra (Cantata for Mixed Chorus & Orchestra)
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Danses Africaines - John Addison: Concerto for Trumpet, Strings, & Percussion
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
Klassik - Erschienen bei First Edition am 23.05.2014
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