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Conductor/Composer Jack Price Managing Director 1 (310) 254-7149 Skype: pricerubin [email protected] Rebecca Petersen Executive Administrator 1 (916) 539-0266 Skype: rebeccajoylove [email protected] Olivia Stanford Marketing Operations Manager [email protected] Karrah O’Daniel-Cambry Opera and Marketing Manager [email protected] Mailing Address: 1000 South Denver Avenue Suite 2104 Tulsa, OK 74119 Website: http://www.pricerubin.com Contents: Biography Curriculum Vitae Photo Gallery Complete artist information including video, audio and interviews are available at www.pricerubin.com Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Biography BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES (From Deutsche Schalplatten, Berlin, inner booklet of CD DS-1035-2, 1994 Dmitry Schostakowitsch: Symphonie No. 5 d-moll op. 47 and Suite aus der Oper Lady Macbeth von Mzensk op. 114a. Available at http://www.bayermusicgroup.de/artnr/ds1035.htm or listen at http://www.allmusic.com/ AMG Artist ID Q 54652) Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Biography His preoccupation with music as a transcendental expression of the human spirit was evident in him since early childhood. Born on July 16, 1959, began his musical studies playing the violin at age six. He learned to read music mainly on his own and by age ten started to write his first compositions. At age eighteen had his first published work in the United States and by age twenty six was appointed Musical Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, the youngest conductor ever designated to that position. In those years, the music critic of La Nación, Costa Rica’s leading newspaper wrote: “Mr. Lechtman Steinberg and the orchestra climbed musical peaks perhaps never before reached in this country.” (Andres Sáenz, La Nación, May 28, 1986) I n 1978 studied Composition with León Schidlowski in Tel Aviv, Israel and a year later entered the composition class of Dr. Juan Orrego Salas, chairman of the Composition Department at Indiana University School of Music. That same year was awarded the first prize in the composition contest which the University sponsored with an international jury, was appointed assistant to Dr. Orrego Salas and assigned in charge of the Latin American Music Center, the world’s largest collection on contemporary Latin American Music, founded by Dr. Orrego Salas at Indiana University. This provided him with the opportunity to receive a scholarship which enabled him to continue his studies at Indiana University, from where he graduated with distinction in 1982. This set up provided him with the freedom to write as much as possible, to have all his works performed, and in most cases, to conduct his own works. A year and a half later, he completed his course work towards a Master’s Degree in Music, also with distinction. On a letter dated December 13, 1982, addressed to his college, Maestro Argeliers de León, Director of the Musical Department of Casa de Las Américas, La Havana, Orrego Salas writes: “The bearer, Elbert Lechtman Steinberg, has been one of the most gifted students of composition I have had in my many years of teaching at this university.” Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Biography Despite the recognition he received in the United States, not satisfied with his own musical language in particular, and in general with the whole prospect of American Music, he went back to Schidlowski, an ex-temporary pupil of Schoenberg, with whom he analyzed the classical works of the Twentieth Century, and then to Vienna, searching for a vestige of the essential spring of the transcendental music of the century. It is there where he was exposed to the conducting school of Hans Swarowsky, and the first time conducting was an integral part of his needs as a musician. The search for a musical inner language had brought him to deeply study the architectural dimension of music and its innermost relation to the musical material and its expansion. This analytical conception could not, by any means, remain an intellectual process. It was necessary to bring the concepts to the conscience through performance, though; conducting became not just another tool at his disposal but a very necessary step which would permit the indispensable link between conception and perception. A fortunate encounter with Aldo Ceccato not only enabled him to work with him in Germany and Norway with the Norddeutsches Rundfunk Orchester, Hannover and the Musikselskabet Harmonien Orchestra, Bergen, but ultimately brought him to meet Ceccato’s teacher, Sergiu Celibidache, in whom he found a deep inspiration, both musically and intellectually, a profound and controversial personality, described in his own words as “… a Maestro, a teacher, a conductor … a musician who I greatly respect, towards whom I keep a healthy distance and great admiration …” During those years, along with his first professional engagements as a conductor, participated in many workshops and master classes with some of the most prominent musical personalities of its time: Berio, Pousseur, Boulez, Bernstein, Henze… In Israel, Mr. Shalom Ronly-Riklis, then assistant to the Music Director of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra wrote in a letter dated March 3, 1985: “I have the pleasure of watching Elbert Lechtman Steinberg conduct various orchestras in Israel. I am convinced of his profound musicianship, and think very highly of his Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Biography conducting ability, both in regard to technique and personal qualities. I also know that the musicians he conducted were very happy under his guidance and performances. In my opinion, Maestro Lechtman Steinberg would be an asset to any professional orchestra” It was Ronly-Riklis, the one who introduced him to Zubin Mehta, for whom he auditioned with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and for whom he worked on many occasions preparing various orchestras in Israel during his absence. His extensive repertory, his ability to learn fast, combined with a profound musical responsibility and commitment, together with a rare fusion of humbleness and strictness, always seeking perfection, had brought him the love and respect of his colleges and the highest praise of public and critics. His unwillingness to compromise his musical principles had also brought him unavoidable difficulties, like when he had to leave the National Symphony of Costa Rica for political reasons, after a public polemic with a new young minister of culture, who found his programming too advanced. After living for some years in the United States, today he performs regularly with international acclaimed orchestras, Mostly in Europe, Israel and South America. (by Bruno Schoenberg, July 1994) Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Curriculum Vitae ELBERT LECHTMAN STEINBERG CONDUCTOR/COMPOSER 4250 N. Michigan Ave Miami Beach, FL 33140 USA (786) 320 2011 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/Mestrissimo ELBERT LECHTMAN STEINBERG Musician Composer Symphony Orchestra Conductor ACADEMIC MUSICAL COMPOSITION PRIVATE STUDIES EDUCATION 1994: León Shidlowsky Tel Aviv, Israel INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1979 – 1983 Bloomington, Indiana USA Bachelor of Music completed “with distinction”. Master of Music coursework completed “with distinction”. TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY: Rubin Academy of Music 1978: León Shidlowsky Tel Aviv, Israel UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1977: San José, Costa Rica INSTITUTO DR. JAIM WEIZMAN 1972 – 1976: Secondary School 1966 – 1971: Primary School STUDIES IN MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTAL 1982 – 1985: Múnich, Germany CONDUCTING Sergiu Cellibidache NORD DEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK ORCHESTER Hamburg, Germany Aldo Ceccato Italy / Germany 1984 - 1985 INSTRUMENTAL INDIANA UNIVERSITY INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES STUDIES: 1979 – 1983 Bloomington, Indiana USA VIOLIN Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1979 – 1983 Bloomington, Indiana USA Violin Private Lessons Joseph Gingold Tadeuz Wronsky Steve Starkman UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1977: San José, Costa Rica Violin Private Lessons Walter Field NATIONAL YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1972 - 1976: San José, Costa Rica Member VIOLIN PRIVATE LESSONS San José, Costa Rica Violin Private Lessons 1972 – 1976: Urs Bebie 1965 – 1971: Raúl Cabezas POSITIONS GALA “Gremio de Artistas Latinoamericanos” HELD Latin American Artists Guild Worldwide Miami, Florida USA Director Entertainment Industry/Film/Music/Theater/TV http://www.galaglobal.org/guild Founder Director since 2013 THE SHUL OF BAL HARBOR Music Director since 2010 Surfside Florida, USA FUNDACIÓN ARMONÍA ENSAMBLE ARMONIA ENSAMBLE FOUNDATION Founder Musical Director since 1987 San José, Costa Rica FESTIVAL DEL HEMISFERIO Artistic Advisor and Musical Director Since 1989 Held on different countries in Latin America ALBAN BERG CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PLAYERS Musical Director Since 1988 GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY Miami, Florida USA Musical Director and Conductor May, 1987 – November, 1989 ORQUESTA SINFONICA NACIONAL OSN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA San José, Costa Rica Director Titular Musical Director and Conductor November, 1985 – April, 1987 TEATRO MELICO SALAZAR MELICO SALAZAR [OPERA]THEATER San José, Costa Rica Director November, 1985 – April, 1987 MATAN STRING ORCHESTRA Israel Summer Camp Conductor Tel Aviv, Israel; Summer 1985 ASSISTANT TO DR. JUAN ORREGO-SALAS, Chairman, Indiana University, Composition Department LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER LAMC Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana Assistant to the Director September, 1980 – December, 1983 GUEST Among the internationally acclaimed orchestras that Mr. CONDUCTING Lechtman Steinberg has conducted: Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra of Emilia Romagna Parma, Italy Bergen Symphony Bergen, Norway Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Zlin, Czech Republic Colombia Symphony Orchestra Bogota, Colombia Israel Philharmonic Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Youth Philharmonic Tel Aviv, Israel Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra Tel Aviv, Israel Matan String Orchestra Tel Aviv, Israel NordDeutsche RudfunkOrchestre NDR Hannover, Germany Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Rubin Academy of Music Symphony Tel Aviv, Israel Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Wiener Musichochschule Symphony Vienna, Austria MUSIC Carnegie Hall FESTIVALS AND Professional Workshop PROFESSIONAL New York, USA WORKSHOPS Pierre Boulez Le Marteau Sans Maitre, May 9 - 14, 2001 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Salzau, Germany Leonard Bernstein July 05 - 10, 1987 Sergiu Cellibidache July 17 - August 14, 1987 Seminar for Composers Jerusalem, Israel Luciano Berio April, 1985 International Master Class for Young Conductors Musikselskabet “Harmonien” Orchestra Bergen, Norway Aldo Ceccato June 17 - 28, 1985. International Master Classfur Junge Dirigenten Norddeutche Rundfunk Orchester (North of Germany Radio Orchestra) Hannover, Germany Aldo Ceccato August 27 – September 07, 1984 Musikseminar Internationale Sommerkurse Vienna, Austria Karl Osterreicher July 02 - July 20, 1984 Wiener Meisterkurse fur Musik Vienna, Austria Julius Kalmar July 02 - 20, 1984 Cantiere Internazionale D’Arte New Music Seminar Montepulciano, Italy Henri Pousseur July, 1983 Accademia Musicale Chigiana Corzo di Perfezionamiento Musicale Sienna, Italy Franco Donatoni Hans Werner Henze Franco Ferrara July - August, 1982, 1983, 1984 Indiana University International Seminar for Composers Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Marlos Nobre (Brasil) Lukas Foss (USA) Milton Babbitt (USA) June - July, 1981 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra EXPERIENCE IN Tel Aviv, Israel ISRAEL Audition for Zubin Mehta Tchaikowsky: Overture Fantasy Romeo and Juliet 1985 Israel Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Tel Aviv, Israel Audition for Shalom Ronly-Riklis Nicolo Paganini; Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.6 for Violin and Orchestra, Shira Rabin, violinist / Franz Liszt: Les Preludes, 1984 Following these auditions, at the request of Mr. Ronly-Riklis, was invited to conduct various orchestras in Israel and rehearsed the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Mr. Zubin Mehta for his United States tour with the Orchestra in the summer of 1985. TEACHING • Professor of Music, School of Music Faculty EXPERIENCE University of Costa Rica 1985, 1987 • Violin and Chamber Music Coach, MATAN, Israel (Israel Youth Summer Camp) 1985 • Associate Instructor, Indiana University, School of Music Bloomington, Indiana (USA.) 1980 to 1983 • Guest Lecturer, Seminar: Twentieth Century Music University of Costa Rica May - June, 1981 • Professor of Music, Conservatorio Castella Costa Rica, 1977 DISTINCTIONS Who’s Who Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Executives Professionals and Entrepreneurs 2011-2012 Edition B.C.T. Distinction Awarded by B.C.T. Bank of Costa Rica “in recognition for professional excellence and dedication to the cultural development of Costa Rica” September 15, 1986 Cultural Person of the year by Costa Rica’s leading newspaper La Nacion “for excellence achieved as Musical Director and Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica” 1986. Hubell Award By ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) New York, 1982 First Prize Indiana University Composition Contest Chamber Music Category With the work YESOD (per flauto solo) 1979 PUBLISHERS Indiana Music Center USA. OF HIS MUSIC (Box 582 Bloomington, IN, 47402) Frangipani Press, Tichenor Publishing Group (P.O.Box 1998 Bloomington, IN, 47401) Alfred Publishing Co, INC. (16380 Roscoe Blvd. P.O.Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 914100003 RECORDINGS Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin DSB (Gustav Meyer Allee 25, D-1355 Berlin, Germany) DMITRI SCHOSTAKOWITSCH (1906 – 1975 ) Symphonie No. 5 d-moll, op. 47 Suite aus der Oper Lady Macbeth van Mzensk, op. 114a Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Enharmonic Records (322 Swain Ave. Bloomington, IN 47401, USA.) The Music of ELBERT LECHTMAN (B. 1959) CBS Indica (P.O.Box 4093, San José 1000, Costa Rica) The Music of JULIO FONSECA ( 1885 - 1950 ) MEMBERSHIPS, Cambridge Who’s Who Registry SOCIETIES Life member since 2011 American Music Center Member since 2009 American Symphony Orchestra League Member since 1987 Conductors Guild Member since 1987 Indiana University Alumni Association Life member since 1980 Asociación de Autores de Obras Literarias Artísticas Y Científicas de Costa Rica (Association of Authors of Literary, Artistic and Scientific Works Of Costa Rica); Member since 1979 Elbert Lechtman Steinberg – Photo Gallery