Uri Segal (born 7 March 1944,
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
) is an Israeli musical conductor.
Segal studied
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
and conducting at the Rubin Academy of Music (now the
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance ( he, האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים), is a school for the music and the performing arts in Jerusalem. It is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusa ...
). From 1966 to 1969, he attended the
Guildhall School of Music
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...
.
In 1969, shortly after his graduation, Segal won first prize in the Dimitri Mitropolous Conducting Competition in
New York City
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. For a year after this, he served as
Leonard Bernstein's assistant with the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City. It is ...
.
From 1980 to 1982, Segal was the chief conductor of the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an English orchestra, founded in 1893 and originally based in Bournemouth. With a remit to serve the South and South West of England, the BSO is administratively based in the adjacent town of Poole, s ...
. From 1981 to 1985, he was principal conductor of the
Philharmonia Hungarica
The Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Marl, Germany, which existed from 1956 to 2001.
It was first established in Baden bei Wien near Vienna by Hungarian musicians who had fled their homeland after it was invaded by Sovi ...
. He has also served as artistic director of the
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Israel Chamber Orchestra (abbreviation ICO, Hebrewהתזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית (''Hatizmoret hakamerit'') is an Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv-Yafo ...
.
In the US, Segal became Music Director of the
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra, and the resident summer orchestra of the Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. Founded in 1929, the ensemble plays concerts on most Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights thro ...
in 1990, and held the post through 2007. In 1990, in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
,
Japan
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, he founded the Century Orchestra and was its chief conductor through 1998. He subsequently became the Century Orchestra's Laureate Conductor.
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Segal married Ilana Finkelstein in 1966. They have three daughters and a son.
References
* Holmes, John L. ''Conductors on Record'', Victor Gollancz, 1982.
* Lyman, Darryl. ''Great Jews in Music'', J. D. Publishers, 1986.
* Sadie, Stanley. ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''. Macmillan, 1980.
External links
Segal's General Management Schmidt Artists International
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1944 births
Living people
Israeli conductors (music)
People from Jerusalem
21st-century conductors (music)