Oscar Fried
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Oscar Fried (August 10, 1871-July, 1941) was a German conductor.
Born in Berlin, Fried attended the Berlin High School of Music, later studying composition with Engelbert Humperdinck in Frankfurt-am-Main. He played the horn in various orchestras before being appointed, in 1908 principal conductor of the recently organized Bluethner Orchestra. He also appeared as a guest conductor across Europe and Russia, and became the first German conductor to direct concerts in Paris following World War I. In 1925 he was given a permanent post with the Berlin Symphony, and in 1928 he made his American debut with the New York Symphony. With the rise of the Nazis Fried fled Germany for Tbilisi, later becoming a Soviet citizen and leading opera performances there.
Fried died in Moscow in 1941.
[edit] Reference
- David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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