Hilsberg (real name, Hillersberg), Alexander
Hilsberg (real name, Hillersberg), Alexander
Hilsberg (real name, Hillersberg), Alexander, Polish-born American violinist, conductor, and teacher; b. Warsaw, April 24, 1897; d. Camden, Maine, Aug. 10, 1961. He studied violin with Auer at the St. Petersburg Cons. In 1923 he emigrated to the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen. He was made a violinist (1926), concertmaster (1931), and assoc. conductor (1945) of the Philadelphia Orch.; he also taught at the Curtis Inst. of Music (1927-53). From 1952 to 1960 he was conductor of the New Orleans Phil., and then was head of the orch. dept. at the New School of Music in Philadelphia.
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