Grigori (German) Semyonovich Gamburg (russian: Григорий (Герман) Семёнович Гамбург; also Grigorij Gamburg, Grigory Semenovich Hamburg; in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

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– 28 October 1967 in

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) was a Russian (Soviet)

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ist,

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and conductor. Gamburg graduated from the Tiflis Conservatory (now the

Tbilisi State Conservatoire Tbilisi State Conservatoire ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო კონსერვატორია, ''Tbilisis Saxelmc̣ipo Ḳonservaṭoria'') is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbilisi. ...

) in 1922 studying composition with

Nikolai Tcherepnin Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Николай Николаевич Черепнин; – 26 June 1945) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was born in Saint Petersburg and studied under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at t ...

and violin with V.R. Vilshau (В.Р. Вильшау), and graduated in 1927 from the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

studying composition with

Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is som ...

, violin with Boris Sibor (Борис Осипович Сибор), and conducting with

Nikolai Malko Nicolai Andreyevich Malko (russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Малько́, ua, Микола Андрійович Малько; 4 May 188323 June 1961) was a Russian-born American symphonic conductor. Biography Malko was born in ...

. Gamburg did postgraduate studies in chamber music, and taught chamber music classes at the Moscow Conservatory from 1928 to 1941, becoming Professor of Chamber Music in 1939. From 1924 to 1930 he was violist with the

Stradivari Quartet Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, ''Stradivarius'', as well as the colloquia ...

(of Moscow).Biografija: Gamburg, Grigori (German) Semyonovich
Retrieved 11 October 2010. From the early 1930s, Gamburg was conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra, and of the Orchestra of the Ministry of Cinematography of the USSR where he was musical director for many Russian-language films. From 1945 to 1954 Gamburg was professor of conducting at the Institute of Military Conductors (Институт Военных Дирижеров), and professor of chamber music at the Gnesin Academy of Music from 1954.Kino-Teatr (Russian Film Database)
Retrieved 12 October 2010. Gamburg was awarded the honorary title of

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

in 1965.

Selected works

;Orchestral * ''Salavat Yulayev'' (Салават Юлаев), Overture-Fantasy on Bashkir Themes (1941); based on

Salawat Yulayev Salawat Yulayev ( ba, Салауат Юлай-улы; russian: Салават Юлаев; 16 June 1756 – 8 October 1800) was a Bashkir national hero who participated in Pugachev's Rebellion, warrior, poet and singer. Biography Salawat Yula ...

* ''Suite on Yakutian Themes'' (Сюита на якутские темы) (1945) * ''Overture on Three Russian Songs'' (Увертюра на темы три русских песен) (1947) * ''Lyrical Poem'' (Лирическая поэма) (1947) ;Concertante * Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1927) * Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra (1939) * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1943) * Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1944) * Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1953) ;Chamber music * ''2 Tunes from the " Song of Songs"'' (2 Pieces; Два напева из «Песни Песней»; Zwei Fragmente "Aus dem Hohen Lied") for viola and piano, Op. 5 (1928) * String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 (1929) * String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (1934) * ''2 Pieces'' (Две пьесы; Deux pièces) for violin and piano (1938) :# Reminiscence (Воспоминание) :# Scherzo (Скерцо) * String Quartet No. 3 * String Quartet No. 4 ''"Quartet-Suite"'' (Квартет-сюита) * String Quartet No. 5 for 4 cellos * String Trio (1946) * ''Theme and Variations'' (Тема с вариациями) for cello and piano (1948) ;Film scores * ''Posledniye zalpy'' (Последние залпы) (1959)

Discography

* ''Jewish Chamber Music'' –

Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann (born 8 October 1966) is a German violist. Born in Lahr, she began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five. At the age of 13, she studied viola with Ulrich Koch at the Conservator ...

(viola); Jasha Nemtsov (piano); Hänssler Classic CD 93.008 (2000) :: ''From the "Song of Songs"'', Op. 5 * ''Praise the Lord! (Игрой на струнах хвалите Господа!)'' – Svetlana Stepchenko (viola); Zoya Abolitz (piano); Art Classics (2003) :: ''2 Tunes from the "Song of Songs"'' (Два напева из «Песни Песней»), Op. 5

Sources

Биография: Гамбург Григорий (Герман) Семенович
Retrieved 11 October 2010.
Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Retrieved 12 October 2010.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamburg, Grigori 1900 births 1967 deaths Musicians from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate 20th-century Polish Jews Male conductors (music) Soviet classical violists Soviet composers Soviet male composers Soviet conductors (music) Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Jewish composers Academic staff of Gnessin State Musical College 20th-century violists