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Elyakum Shapirra (1926-2014) 〔(David Cummings, International Who’s Who in Music and Musicians Directory )〕 is an Israeli conductor who has appeared in a number of countries. (His names also appear as ''Eliakum'' and ''Shapira''.) He studied with Leonard Bernstein, becoming one of his assistant conductors at the New York Philharmonic.〔(Time magazine, 17 October 1960, The Three Davids )〕 He also studied with Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood, and at the Juilliard School.〔 He was Assistant Conductor with the San Francisco Symphony. He led the New York Philharmonic on tours to Canada and Japan in 1960-61.〔 He was guest conductor with the University of the Pacific in 1961.〔(University of the Pacific )〕 He became Associate Conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 1967.〔 Robert Hall Lewis dedicated his ''Three Pieces for Orchestra'' (1966) to Shapirra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.〔(Robert Hall Lewis Collection )〕 He was appointed Chief Conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden 1969-1974.〔(Malmö Simfoniorkester )〕 Elyakum Shapirra was the first person to conduct Alexander Scriabin's ''Prometheus: The Poem of Fire'' in England with the coloured lighting that the composer called for. This occurred on 4 May 1972 at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra.〔(Kenneth Peacock, Instruments to Perform Color-Music: Two Centuries of Technological Experimentation )〕 Shapirra conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Georges Pludermacher in the posthumous world premiere of Jani Christou's ''Toccata for Piano and Orchestra'' (1962), on 23 April 1973 in Oxford.〔(Seen and Heard International )〕 From 1975 to 1979 he was the Chief Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia.〔(ABC Media Release )〕 He has also been associated with the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands.〔(Igor Markevich 1912-1983 )〕 ==Recordings== In 1972 Shapirra made the first commercial recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony in F minor (Study Symphony), with the London Symphony Orchestra.〔(2001 Bruckner Marathon )〕 He has also recorded Bruckner's Overture in G minor with the LSO. Other symphonic recordings include Leonard Bernstein's 1st and 2nd symphonies.〔(ArkivMusik )〕 He has also recorded other standard orchestral repertoire with various orchestras, as well as Israeli, Yemeni and Yiddish songs with popular singers.〔(Shoshana Damari )〕〔(My Hound )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elyakum Shapirra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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