Mihail Jora (; 2 August 1891,

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- 10 May 1971,

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) was a

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composer, pianist, and conductor. Jora studied in

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with

Robert Teichmüller Robert Teichmüller (4 May 1863, in Braunschweig – 6 May 1939, in Leipzig) was a German concert pianist and music educator. He studied piano and music theory with Carl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory where he later became a faculty member ...

. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the

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. He worked from 1928 to 1933 as a director/conductor of the

Broadcasting Orchestra. In 1944 he became vice-president of the Society of Romanian Composers: however, he soon came into criticism of the new communist government being accused of

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(see

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). In 1953, he was rehabilitated and allowed to rejoin the Composers' Union. He composed six

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s, one symphony, two major

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works, and many pieces for piano, chamber-music, choral and

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1891 births 1971 deaths Armenian composers Romanian composers Armenian conductors (music) Romanian people of Armenian descent University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni Academic staff of the National University of Music Bucharest Recipients of the Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century composers Herder Prize recipients {{Romania-composer-stub