Sergiu comissiona biography sample

Conductor and violinist

Sergiu Comissiona (Hebrew: סרג'ו קומיסיונה; June 16, 1928 – March 5, 2005) was a Romanian-Israeli-Americanconductor and violinist.

Biography

Early life

Born in Bucharest, Romania in a Jewish family, he began violin studies at the age of five, was hired as a violinist by the Romanian State Ensemble while still in his teens, making his conducting debut at the age of 17.

In his twenties he was named principal conductor of the Romanian National Opera, which he led from 1955 to 1959.

Sergiu comissiona biography sample

Career

He fled the Communist regime in 1959 and emigrated to Israel. In 1960 he founded the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, which he led until 1967. He also directed the Haifa Symphony from 1959 until 1966. He made his American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1965 and emigrated to the United States in 1968.

Later he was also music director of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, from 1966 to 1977, and beca