Albert Wolff (conductor)

Albert Louis Wolff ( born January 19, 1884 in Paris, † February 20, 1970 ) was a French conductor and composer.

Albert Wolff, son of Dutch parents, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Xavier Leroux, Paul Vidal and André Gedalge. In 1906 he was awarded a first prize for accompaniment. He then worked at the Paris Opéra -Comique, from 1908, first as a coach, from 1911 as a conductor and from 1922 to 1924 as music director. From 1925 he was second conductor, from 1934 principal conductor of the Concerts Pasdeloup. He also headed from 1928, the Association des Concerts Lamoureux. Wolff toured in various countries of Europe and America, so at the Metropolitan Opera and to Buenos Aires. From 1945 he conducted again at the Opéra -Comique ( again briefly as the director ), and from 1949 at the Paris Opera. He brought numerous compositions of his contemporaries premiered about Darius Milhaud, Albert Roussel, Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc.

As a conductor, Wolff played in the early days of the stereophonic a numerous recordings for the British label Decca.

Wolff was also active as a composer and created several works for the stage, among other things, a symphony in A (1951 ), a flute concerto, chamber music, vocal works and film scores.

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