Monteux
Americannoun
noun
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The late André Previn said that the single most important influence on him as conductor was studying with the legendary Pierre Monteux when he was music director in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
During military service in the early 50s, he took conducting lessons with Pierre Monteux, and, at the age of 32, abandoned Hollywood to concentrate on a classical career.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2019
Pierre Monteux, however, didn’t stop conducting to try to tell people how to receive his art.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2017
He switched to conducting, studying under Pierre Monteux.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2013
The chef d'orchestre, Pierre Monteux, refused to direct performances of this work, on the ground that the composer was not only a German, but a very much alive and active German patriot.
From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl
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