Hidemaro Konoye

Hidemaro Konoe (Japanese近卫 秀 麿; born November 18, 1898 in Tokyo, † September 4, 1973 ibid ), dated: Konoye Hidemaro, was a Japanese conductor of symphonic orchestra, which was also successful as a composer of classical music.

Journey

Konoe Hidemaro was the second son of Konoe Atsumaro († 1904), head of the family of the leading noble family of Konoe. Due to this, he held the rank of count. His older half-brother was the future Prime Minister Fumimaro.

With his wife Yasuko (born Mori ) he had four children, the daughters Yuri (* 1924) and Mauri (* 1927 ) and two sons Hidetake (* 1931) and Takeshi ( b. 1936 ). They lived in the 1930s in Yodobashi -ku ( Shinjuku today ) from Tokyo.

After attending the noblewoman school (学习 院, Gakushuin ), he enrolled at the literary faculty of the Tokyo Imperial University, which he left without a degree. Privately, he studied with Yamada Kosaku music theory and composition. He went to Germany in 1922-25, where he studied music under George Schumann. He also was an assistant with Erich Kleiber.

After his return, he was co-founder of the "New Symphony Orchestra " (新 交响 楽 団, Shin Kogyo Gakudan ) today NHK Symphony Orchestra, which he headed until 1935. In 1930 he undertook a tour of Europe and was until 1945 several times as a guest conductor in Germany.

In 1932 he received his rightful due to his noble birth seat in the House ( Kizokuin ). He gave this mandate after a few years in order to devote himself to music can.

Konoe Hidemaro composed several symphonies, a cantata to the throne (1928 ). It is mainly for his orchestration of the variation work Etenraku (original for the traditional Japanese court orchestra ), based on the Trans notation of his brother Naomaro known.

Shortly after the war, he founded the " Toho Symphony Orchestra " and the " Konoe Institute for Music Research. " Later in his life to training young musicians it was a matter of the heart.

In the 1950s, he had several appearances as a guest conductor in New York and Philadelphia.