Georg Schnéevoigt
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Georg Schnéevoigt (born 1872 in Vyborg (today in Russia but at the time part of the Grand Duchy of Finland); died 1947 in Malmö, Sweden) was a Finnish conductor and cellist.
He began his career by performing on the cello all over Europe in the 1890s. He was principal cellist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1896 to 1902. After this he conducted many orchestras including the Kaim Orchestra (now the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra), the Stockholm Concert Society (today the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra), the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Georg Schnéevoigt was from 1930 until his death in 1947 leading conductor for the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
Schnéevoigt was a close friend of composer Jean Sibelius and often performed Sibelius's orchestral music. He discovered the manuscripts of Sibelius's pieces Lemminkäinen and the Maidens, and Lemminkäinen in Tuonela which had been thought lost and gave their first performance [1]. He also made the first recording of Sibelius's Sixth Symphony.
An official 1963 history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic described Schnéevoigt as "flaccid," "paunchy," "phlegmatic," and "plodding," with "little or no sense of direction so far as discipline was concerned", and so emotional that he cried when conducting works by Sibelius.
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| Preceded by Felix Weingartner |
Principal conductors, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra 1905–1908 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand Löwe |
| Preceded by none |
Principal Conductors, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 1915–1924 |
Succeeded by Václav Talich |
| Preceded by none |
Musical Directors, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 1919–1921 |
Succeeded by Johan Halvorsen |
| Preceded by Walter Henry Rothwell |
Musical Directors, Los Angeles Philharmonic 1927–1929 |
Succeeded by Artur Rodziński |
| Preceded by Robert Kajanus |
Principal Conductors, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1932–1940 |
Succeeded by Armas Järnefelt |
