Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein (Detroit, March 21, 1932 – Boston, November 21, 2015)[1] was an American violinist and conductor.
Biography[edit]
Joseph Silverstein was born in Detroit. As a youth, Silverstein studied with his father, Bernard Silverstein, who was a public school music teacher. He later studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Efrem Zimbalist, and also studied with William Primrose, Josef Gingold, and Mischa Mischakoff.[2] In 1959, he won a silver medal at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and in 1960 was awarded Naumburg Award from the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation.[3]
In 1962, Silverstein became concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for 22 years. He was appointed assistant conductor in 1971. He was music director of the Utah Symphony from 1983 to 1998. He served as acting music director of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001 until the orchestra's demise in 2003. He was the artistic advisor to the Portland Symphony Orchestra in 2007-2008 season. He has served as a professor of violin at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, following his position at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Since 1969, he has been a regular faculty artist at the Sarasota Music Festival.[3][4]
Silverstein performed on a 1742 Guarneri del Gesù.
Silverstein died on November 22, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts from a heart attack at the age of 83.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Joseph Silverstein, 83; former BSO concertmaster". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ "Joseph Silverstein". KMI. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "Joseph Silverstein". Curtis Institute of Music. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ Charlie Huisking (May 28, 2006). "Paul Wolfe prepares for his last Sarasota Music Festival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ "Word of the death of a great American concertmaster". Slipped Disc. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ "Joseph Silverstein, a true maestro and former Utah Symphony conductor, dies". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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| Preceded by Varujan Kojian |
Music Director, Utah Symphony Orchestra 1983–1998 |
Succeeded by Keith Lockhart |
| Preceded by James Judd |
Acting Music Director, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by (no successor) |
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- Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
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