Martin Rich (October 8, 1905 - October 23, 2000), was a German opera and symphonic conductor, who came from Germany during the Second World War. He studied in Berlin under Franz Schrecker.
Rich conducted at places such as the Bologna in Italy, and Grant Park, in Illinois as well as the Metropolitan Opera. From 1970 to 1986 he headed Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester. Martin also loved to play the piano and had been doing it since age 5. Rich c...
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Martin Rich (October 8, 1905 - October 23, 2000), was a German opera and symphonic conductor, who came from Germany during the Second World War. He studied in Berlin under Franz Schrecker.
Rich conducted at places such as the Bologna in Italy, and Grant Park, in Illinois as well as the Metropolitan Opera. From 1970 to 1986 he headed Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester. Martin also loved to play the piano and had been doing it since age 5. Rich claimed that he was born left-handed but the adults around him forced him to learn to be right-handed. Besides being a symphonic conductor Rich was also a vocal coach for people such as Martina Arroyo. Matin was very dedicated to his work, and worked for a very long time. Rich was survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren.
Rich is known particularly as the first performer of the Fourth piano concerto by Serge Prokofiev, together with one-handed pianist Siegfried Rapp (Berlin, 1956). He often conducted The Rite of Spring. Martin was...
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