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- Life and career Early career Concertmaster positions Academic and faculty positions Notable students Personal life
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Rafael Druian (January 20, 1923 – September 6, 2002), was an American violinist, conductor and music educator. He is remembered for his tenures as concertmaster at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and at the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez. Life and careerEarly careerDruian was born in Vologda, Russia but immigrated with his parents to Havana, Cuba as an infant. He began his formal music training there as a violinist, studying with Amadeo Roldán, the conductor of the Havana Philharmonic. At age 9, he went to Philadelphia to audition for Leopold Stokowski, who recommended him for a scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Lea Luboshutz and Efrem Zimbalist, graduating in 1942. He then served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946, playing the mellophone in the Army Band. Concertmaster positions- Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under Antal Doráti: 1947 – 1949
- Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, under Antal Doráti: 1949 – 1960
- Cleveland Orchestra, under George Szell: 1960 – 1969
- New York Philharmonic, under Pierre Boulez: 1971 – 1974
Academic and faculty positions- University of Minnesota
- Cleveland Institute of Music, Artist in Residence
- California Institute of the Arts, Associate Dean of the Music School, 1969 – 1971
- Blossom Music School
- Kent State University
- State University of New York at Purchase
- University of California, San Diego, Professor of Music, 1974 – 1980
- The Hartt School
- Boston University, 1982? – 1989
- Curtis Institute of Music, 1990 – 2001
Notable students- Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet
- Herald Klein
- Solomiya Ivakhiv
Personal lifeDruian was married to Phyllis Rugg Druian. They had two sons, Peter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Greg of Portland, Oregon. Discography- Charles Ives Violin Sonatas 1 and 2; Druian (violin); John Simms, (piano); Mercury - MG50096, MG50097, released in 1957.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364; Druian (violin); Abraham Skernick (viola); Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor); Epic/Columbia/CBS/Sony, recorded Nov. 28, 1963; nominated for a Grammy Award in 1965.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonatas, K. 301 & 296; Druian (violin), George Szell (piano) (1967)
External links- A chronological listing of principal musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra with biographical remarks.
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/23/arts/rafael-druian-80-violinist-and-conductor.html] NY Times obituary.
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW-0nIBYEv8] Druian plays Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
- {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0001646092}}
Sources- Donald Rosenburg, Rafael Druian, orchestra concertmaster in 1960s, obituary in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 9, 2002
- Overtones, Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music, vol. XVII, no. 2, Fall 2002
- Unpublished biographical notes, John Gingrich Management, Inc., [1989?]
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