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Tamara Brooks (September 11,〔bach-cantatas.com. ("Tamara Brooks (Conductor)" )〕 1941 – May 19, 2012) was an American choral conductor.〔〔''Jewish Weekly'' (24 May 2012). ("Tamara Brooks, choral conductor, wife of Theodore Bikel" ). Retrieved 25 May 2012.〕〔Conlon, Joan (ed.) (2009). (''Wisdom, Wit and Will: Women Choral Conductors on Their Art'' ), pp. 343–348. GIA. ISBN 1579997600〕 Brooks studied at the Juilliard School of Music, where she received degrees in piano (studying under Eduard Steuermann) and in conducting. She went on to have an extremely varied career, of which choral conducting was merely a part.〔Conlon (2009) p. 344〕 Brooks conducted concerts in many countries throughout the world (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, Wales).〔Lists of countries, conductors, and composers sourced from (tamarabrooksconductor.com ). Retrieved 25 May 2012.〕 Her positions included principal guest conductor of the Istanbul Symphony, conductor of the Cyprus Broadcast Orchestra, and guest conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg. She also prepared choruses for such conductors as Abbado, Frühbeck de Burgos, Giulini, Leinsdorf, Mehta, Muti, Ormandy, Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Tennstedt, and Tilson-Thomas.〔 Brooks was a champion of contemporary music, commissioning and/or performing works by composers such as Adams, Cage, Caltabiano, Cogan, Druckman, Escot, Golijov, Earl Kim, Liang, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Navok, Persichetti, Schuller, Sessions, Sur, Takemitsu, and Tippett.〔 Prior to her arrival in Boston, Brooks was the Music Director of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia for eleven years. With this ensemble she made a Grammy-nominated recording of choral works of Vincent Persichetti, who was a mentor and close personal friend. Brooks was director of choral activities at New England Conservatory from 1989 to 2000. During that time she led many highly praised performances, in particular a 1992 Verdi Requiem that received a glowing review in the ''Boston Globe'', surpassing the reception to the Boston Symphony Orchestra's performance of the Requiem that same year.〔Dyer, Richard (6 March 1992). ("NEC's 'Requiem': A spiritual experience" ). ''Boston Globe''. Retrieved 25 May 2012 .〕 In addition to New England Conservatory, Brooks held numerous other important academic positions.〔Conlon (2009) p. 347〕 In 1998, Hankus Netsky invited Brooks to take part in a PBS television program entitled ''Taste of Passover''. It was there that she met Theodore Bikel. Ten years later she married Bikel,〔Fein, Leonard. (22 May 2012), ("Death of Tamara Brooks, 70, Robs Theodore Bikel of Treasured Companion" ). ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. Retrieved 27 May 2012.〕 with whom she toured the world in acclaimed concerts of folk music.〔New England Conservatory of Music (21 May 2012).("Tamara Brooks, 1941--2012" ).Retrieved 25 May 2012.〕 Netsky wrote: "Tamara was incredibly dynamic, charismatic, energetic, a vortex of passion, love, and talent. When she got excited about something, there was no stopping her. And she got excited about a lot of things. When that happened, she was 100% there and never imagined that her students or others might not be as excited about a project as she was."〔 Brooks died suddenly of a heart attack in Houston〔 on May 19, 2012.〔 ==References== 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「Tamara Brooks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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