Efrem Kurtz |

Efrem Kurtz

Abathandi bomculo baseSoviet bahlangane nalo mculi muva nje, nakuba igama lakhe laziwa kithi isikhathi eside kusukela kumarekhodi nemibiko yabezindaba. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uKurtz uvela eRussia, uthweswe iziqu eSt. Petersburg Conservatory, lapho afunda khona noN. Cherepnin, A. Glazunov noY. Vitol. Futhi kamuva, ehlala ikakhulukazi e-USA, umqhubi akazange aphule uxhumano lwakhe nomculo waseRussia, okuyisisekelo sekhonsathi yakhe.

Umsebenzi wobuciko kaKurz waqala ngo-1920, lapho yena, ngaleso sikhathi ezithuthukisa eBerlin, eqhuba i-orchestra e-Isadora Duncan's recital. Umqhubi osemusha udonse ukunaka kwabaholi beBerlin Philharmonic, abammemela emsebenzini unomphela. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, uKurz wayaziwa kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu aseJalimane, futhi ngo-1927 waba umqhubi we-Stuttgart Orchestra kanye nomqondisi womculo weDeutsche Radio. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izinkambo zakhe zakwamanye amazwe zaqala. Ngo-1927, wahambisana ne-ballerina Anna Pavlova ohambweni lwakhe lwaseLatin America, wanikeza amakhonsathi ezimele eRio de Janeiro naseBuenos Aires, wabe esehlanganyela eSalzburg Festival, eyenziwa eNetherlands, Poland, Belgium, Italy nabanye. amazwe. U-Kurtz uthole idumela eliqinile ikakhulukazi njengomqhubi we-ballet futhi iminyaka eminingana wahola iqembu le-Russian Ballet yase-Monte Carlo.

Ngo-1939, uKurtz waphoqeleka ukuba athuthe esuka eYurophu, okokuqala waya e-Australia futhi kamuva waya e-United States. Eminyakeni eyalandela, wayengumqhubi weqembu le-orchestra laseMelika - Kansas, Houston nabanye, isikhathi esithile futhi wahola i-orchestra eLiverpool. Njengangaphambili, u-Kurtz uvakashela kakhulu. Ngo-1959, waqala ukubonakala enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini iLa Scala, edlala khona u-Ivan Susanin. “Kusukela ezinyathelweni zokuqala, kwaba sobala,” kubhala omunye wabagxeki base-Italy, “ukuthi umqhubi umi ngemva kwesiteji, owuzwa kahle umculo waseRussia.” Ngo-1965 no-1968 uKurtz wanikeza amakhonsathi amaningana e-USSR.

L. Grigoriev, J. Platek, ngo-1969