Jenő Blau

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Jenő Blau, better known as Eugene Ormandy, was a Hungarian-American conductor famed for his long and influential tenure leading the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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instanceOf Hungarian-American person
conductor
human
stage name
alsoKnownAs Eugene Ormandy NERFINISHED
awardReceived Grammy Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
birthName Jenő Blau NERFINISHED
burialPlace Philadelphia NERFINISHED
citizenship Hungary NERFINISHED
United States of America
countryOfBirth Hungary NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-11-18
dateOfDeath 1985-03-12
educatedAt Franz Liszt Academy of Music NERFINISHED
employer Philadelphia Orchestra NERFINISHED
endTime 1980 (Philadelphia Orchestra music director)
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork orchestral conducting
genre classical music
instrument violin
languageSpoken English
Hungarian NERFINISHED
movedTo United States of America
movement 20th-century classical music
name Jenő Blau NERFINISHED
notableFor long tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra
notableStudentOf Jenő Hubay NERFINISHED
notableWork recordings of Rachmaninoff concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra
recordings of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Philadelphia Orchestra
occupation conductor
violinist
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath Philadelphia NERFINISHED
positionHeld music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra
principal conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra
recordLabel Columbia Records
RCA Victor NERFINISHED
residence New York City
Philadelphia
spouse Gretel Ormandy NERFINISHED
Stephanie Goldner NERFINISHED
startTime 1936 (Philadelphia Orchestra music director)
style lush orchestral sound associated with the Philadelphia Orchestra

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Eugene Ormandy birthName Jenő Blau