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The
career of Piero Gamba has no precedent in the history
of orchestral conducting. A serious musician since a
very early age, he has conducted constantly for 60 years,
thousands of times, with 125 symphony orchestras, in
300 cities, in 35 nations.
Born in Rome in 1936, Mr. Gamba has been appointed honorary
director for life of nine symphony orchestras worldwide.
Among many honorary distinctions, he was awarded the
Arnold Bar Memorial Medal in Great Britain, and his
name appears in major music encyclopedias. |
He has served as president of juries in various international
music competitions and has given piano recitals and played concertos
conducting from the keyboard. Maestro Gamba has made numerous
recordings with several labels and is a violinist and composer.
Maestro Gamba was the Music Director and Conductor of the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
and the National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay for a combined
total of 20 years. Soloists look forward to performing with
him. Yehudi Menuhin summarized these feelings on a CBC national
broadcast when he said: "I was never better accompanied.
A sheer joy. It was as if I were playing with someone who knew
my most secret inclination... There was no burden, no weight
on me. I played as freely as I might alone. Incredible!"
When he organized the Greatest Concert in Canadian History,
the president of the Association of Canadian Orchestras wrote:
"There are many oustanding musicians and artists in Canada,
but only one with the capacity to conceive such an idea and
the international prestige to accomplish it: Piero Gamba".
In 1964, Maestro Gamba accomplished his dream: "to create
a greater spiritual fusion of men through the arts".
Together with such international notables as Pablo Casals,
Victor de Sabata, Philip Newman, Albert Scweitzer, André
Segovia and Igor Stravinsky as founding members, he established
Symphonicum Europae. This prestigious organization received
the high patronage of Her Majesty, the late Queen Elisabeth
of Belgium.
Regarding Symphonicum, it has been said that there is probably
only one man in the world with the ability to convince such
a prestigious assembly to devote their valuable time and energy
at no fee for such an extraordinary project. That person is
Piero Gamba.
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