Probably there are not many internationally known Spanish conductors, but if that is so, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos is a notable exception. I have been aware of him for many years and he was a frequent visitor to the London scene from the sixties onwards. He is now in his seventieth third year and I see was conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra a few years ago during their interregnum between conductors. The programme consisted of Beethoven\u2019s 6th. Symphony and Stravinsky\u2019s Rite of Spring and a reviewer in Boston\u2019s web newspaper \u2018The Tech\u2019 writes of \u2018his grandiose gestures\u2019 and notices that he conducted without a score and inspired an orchestra which apparently was not at its best.<\/p>\n
Burgos was born in the city of that name and his early studies were at the Bilbao conservatory, and later he became the conductor of that city\u2019s orchestra. He also studied in Madrid and in Munich and has held a wide variety of posts. He is presently the Conductor Emeritus of the Spanish National Orchestra and the Chief Conductor and Arts Director of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra whose prospectus for the 2005-6 Season I have been looking at. It shows the breadth of Burgos\u2019 musical appreciation and expertise.<\/p>\n
So no specialist, this reputable and reliable conductor of many years, a fact emphasised by the 100 recordings he has made throughout his career and with many different orchestras. I have one of them \u2013Carl Orff\u2019s uproarious cantata \u2018Carmina Burana played on an HMV disc with bravura and finesse.<\/p>\n
Burgos was granted Spain\u2019s most important musical award, the Jacinto Guerrero award, which was handed to him in 1997 by Queen Sophia of Spain.<\/p>\n
B.R.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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