Solti

American  

[shohl-tee] / ˈʃoʊl ti /

noun

1. Sir Georg 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.

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Solti British  

/ ˈʃɒltɪ /

noun

1. Sir Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1912–97, British conductor, born in Hungary: conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1969–91)

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Example Sentences

When the 23-year-old Solti found himself conducting opera rehearsals from the piano at the Salzburg Festival in 1936, the great Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini approached.

From The Wall Street Journal

During his career, Jones helped mold Michael Jackson into a mega-star by producing a trilogy of albums that made the pop singer arguably the best-known musician in the world, raised tens of millions for Ethiopian famine victims by producing the bestselling song “We Are the World” and won 28 Grammy awards, more than any artist aside Beyonce and George Solti.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was in the day when Karajan and Georg Solti were the two poles,” Palumbo said.

From New York Times

Among 93 members, Muti made 32 appointments and Daniel Barenboim 28, with most of the remainder by Georg Solti.

From Seattle Times

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which has been led for decades by conducting titans including Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Riccardo Muti, announced Tuesday that its next music director would be Klaus Mäkelä, a 28-year-old Finnish conductor whose charisma and clarity have fueled his rapid rise in classical music.

From New York Times