Othmar Mága (30 June 1929 – 28 January 2020) was a German conductor, who was chief conductor internationally, including the

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in Denmark and the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea. Among his many recordings are several rarely played concertos for instruments such as horn and double bass, including works of the 20th century.

Life

Mága was born in 1929 in Brno,

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, to German-Hungarian parents. He studied violin, conducting and composing in Stuttgart (1948–52), and musicology and German literature at the

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(1952–58). He studied conducting further, with

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(1954–55),

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(opera) and

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(1960–62).''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory'', Vol.1, 15th Edition, 1996/97, page 595 Mága was chief conductor of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra (1963–67) and of the

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(1968–70). He then became Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Bochumer Symphoniker and professor at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, where he taught to 1982. From 1983 until 1987, Mága was chief conductor of the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan,Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
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, and from 1992 until end of 1996 chief conductor of the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System. From 2002 until 2003 he was GMD of the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach. Mága died in Kiel on 28 January 2020.

Repertoire

After sixty years of conducting Mága's repertoire contained over 2000 works, music from the Renaissance to works by contemporary composers, including several operas.

Discography

* Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor –

(Polyband) * Bach: Overture No. 2 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Beethoven: '' Die Ruinen von Athen'' – KBS Symphony Orchestra Seoul (Cheil-Orange) * Beethoven:

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– Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Beethoven:

Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

– Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Berg: Symphonic Pieces from ''

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'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Bizet: '' Jeux d'enfants'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Bizet: Symphony in C – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Borodin: Symphony No. 2 –

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(VOX) * Borodin: '' Steppenskizze aus Mittelasien'' – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) * Chabrier: '' España'' – KBS (Cheil-Orange) * Debussy: ''

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'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (Stadt Bochum) * Dvořák: Cello Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Intercord "Saphir") * Dvořák: Overture ''Othello'' – KBS (Samsung-Classics) * Oldrich Flosman: Horn Concerto – RSO Frankfurt (Audite) * Harald Genzmer: Organ Concerto – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Glazunov: ''Ballettszenen'', Op. 52 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu) * Glazunov: ''

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'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Glazunov: ''

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'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu) * Glinka: Dances from '' Ein Leben für den Zaren'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu) * Handel: '' Feuerwerksmusik'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum und BASF) *

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: Piano Concerto – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) * Henze: First Suite from ''

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'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Polyband) * Hindemith: '' Kammermusik'' Nr. 1 – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE) * Hindemith: '' Kammermusik'' Nr. 7 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Da Camera Magna) * Hindemith: ''Konzertmusik'', Op. 50 – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE) * Hindemith: Overture ''Neues vom Tage'' –

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(FFE) *

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: Double Bass Concerto – RSO Frankfurt (FSM) *

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: Double Bass Concerto – RSO Frankfurt (FSM) *

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: Piano Concerto – Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn) * Kuhlau: Concerto for Two Horns – Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn) * Kuhlau: Overture ''Elverhöj'' – Odense Symfoniorkest (Unicorn) *

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: ''Kikimora'', Op. 63 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu) *

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: ''De Nachtigal'' – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon) * Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE) *

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: Piano Concerto No. 6 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE) * Mendelssohn: ''

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'' – RSO Frankfurt (Audite) * Mendelssohn: ''Fingals Höhle'' – KBS (Cheil-Orange) * Mendelssohn: ''Ein Sommernachtstraum'' – KBS (Samsung-Classics) *

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: Piano Concerto in G minor – Michael Ponti, piano, Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) Michael Herman: http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ntl_discogs/Balkan_concertos/ECE_Balkan_concertos3.htm East-Central European & Balkan Concertos / From the 19th Century To the Present / A Discography Of CDs And LPs. musicweb-international.com * Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6 and 8 – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) * Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Nielsen:

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– Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) * Nielsen:

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– Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) *

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: Horn Concerto (1957) – RSO Frankfurt (Audite) * Poulenc: '' L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant'' – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon) * Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Prokofiev: '' Peter en de Wolf'' – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Colofon) * Rimsky-Korsakoff: Overture ''Russische Themen'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Rimsky-Korsakoff: ''

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'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (Impromptu) * Rimsky-Korsakoff: ''Skazka'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Rimsky-Korsakoff: Suite No. 2 – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) *

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: Piano Concerto No. 4 – Philharmonia Hungarica (VOX) * Saint-Saens: ''Die Muse und der Poet'' – KBS (Cheil-Orange) * Saint-Saens: '' Karneval der Tiere'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Intercord) * Schumann: Symphony No. 3 – Bochumer Symphoniker (Stadt Bochum) * Sibelius: ''

Finlandia ''Finlandia'', Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian ...

'' – KBS (Cheil-Orange) * Smetana: ''

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'' – KBS (Cheil-Orange) * Stravinsky: ''

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'' – Philharmonia Hungarica (FFE) * Tchaikovsky: ''Der Sturm'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Tchaikovsky: ''Der Sturm, Phantasie'', Op. 18 – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Tchaikovsky: ''Der Woywode'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Tchaikovsky: ''Fatum'' – Bochumer Symphoniker (VOX) * Tchaikovsky: Overture ''Romeo and Juliet'' – KBS (Samsung-Classics) * Tcherepnin A.: Suite ''Der Abgrund'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Tcherepnin N.: Dances from ''Le Pavillon d'Armide'' – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Impromptu) * Válek: Violin Concerto – FOK Prag (Supraphon) *

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: Violin Concerto – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FEE und Bellaphon) *

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: Passacaglia – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FEE) and * Peter-Jan Wagemans: ''Romance for violin and orchestra'' – Residentie Orkest den Haag (Donemus) * Weber: Symphony No. 1 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) * Weber: Symphony No. 2 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (Colosseum) *

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: ''Fünf Stücke''. Op. 10 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE) * Webern: ''Sechs Stücke'', Op. 6 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE) * Webern: ''Sinfonie'', Op. 21 – Nürnberger Symphoniker (FFE)

References

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Performances with Othmar Mága
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