| LC control no. | n 87119010 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mester, Jorge |
| Associated country | Mexico United States |
| Associated place | Kansas City (Mo.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1935-04-10 |
| Place of birth | Mexico City (Mexico) |
| Affiliation | Juilliard School of Music Beaux-Arts String Quartet Louisville Orchestra Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Conductors (Music) Music teachers Violinists Pianists |
| Found in | Harris, R. Symphony 1933 [SR] 1987: label (Jorge Mester, conductor) Baker, 8th ed. (Mester, Jorge; b. 4-10-35, Mexico City, of Hungarian parents; American conductor; became U.S. citizen in 1968) Biog. resource center, May 4, 2004 (Mester, Jorge (1935-) conductor, teacher; b. April 10, 1935, Mexico City; became a naturalized American citizen in 1968) Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies, 1988: pages 140-141 (Jorge Mester; at an early age he began his musical training on the piano, and switched to the violin at age five. Studied conducting at the Juilliard School of Music. In 1956 at the age of twenty-one he became the youngest professor conducting at Juilliard where he continued to teach for twelve years. He was also a noted violinist at the Beaux Arts String Quartet. In 1967 he was appointed conductor and musical director of the Louisville Orchestra in Kentucky where he worked until 1979, 1971-1975 he served as conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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