Dimitrios Mitropoulos

E812612

Dimitrios Mitropoulos was a renowned 20th-century Greek conductor, pianist, and composer, celebrated for his intense interpretations and leadership of major orchestras such as the Minneapolis Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dimitrios Mitropoulos canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek person
composer
conductor
human
activePeriod 20th century
birthCountry Greece NERFINISHED
birthDate 1896-03-01
birthPlace Athens NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Greece NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Greece NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
United States of America
deathCountry Italy NERFINISHED
deathDate 1960-11-02
deathPlace Milan NERFINISHED
diedWhile rehearsing at La Scala in Milan
employer Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED
New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED
familyName Mitropoulos NERFINISHED
genre classical music
givenName Dimitrios NERFINISHED
knownFor intense interpretations
leadership of major orchestras
language English
French
German
Greek
name Dimitrios Mitropoulos NERFINISHED
notableRepertoire 20th-century music
Dmitri Shostakovich works
Gustav Mahler symphonies NERFINISHED
notableStudent Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
notableWorkField opera conducting
orchestral performance
occupation composer
orchestral conductor
pianist
performancePractice conducting from memory
often conducting without baton
position music director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
music director of the New York Philharmonic
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
sexualOrientation homosexual
studiedAt Athens Conservatory NERFINISHED
style austere conducting style
intense emotional expression

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dimitri Mitropoulos birthName Dimitrios Mitropoulos