George Szell
George Szell
George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. He is widely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth7 June 1897
George Szell quotes about
music giving orchestra
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.
music heart thinking
In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.
conductors suggestive
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.