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Pierre Monteux Conductor Of The London Symphony Orchestra Seen Leaving For Japan Pierre Benjamin Monteux (pronounced: [pj?? M??.tii]; 4 April 1875 Oo 1 July 1964)[n 1] Was A French (later American) Conductor. After Violin And Viola Studies And A Deca

Pierre Monteux Conductor Of The London Symphony Orchestra Seen Leaving For Japan Pierre Benjamin Monteux (pronounced: [pj?? M??.tii]; 4 April 1875 Oo 1 July 1964)[n 1] Was A French (later American) Conductor. After Violin And Viola Studies And A Decade As An Orchestral Player And Occasional Conductor He Began To Receive Regular Conducting Engagements In 1907. He Came To Prominence When For Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Company Between 1911 And 1914 He Conducted The World Premieres Of Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring And Other Prominent Works Including Petrushka Ravel's Daphnis Et Chlocc And Debussy's Jeux. Thereafter He Directed Orchestras Around The World For More Than Half A Century.

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