Lovro von Matacic

Lovro von Matacic

About Lovro von Matacic

Lovro von Matačić (February 14, 1899, Sušak, Croatia – January 4, 1985, Belgrade, Yugoslavia), also Lovro pl. Matačić, was a Croatian conductor. He was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and studied in Vienna before holding a variety of conducting positions in Germany and Yugoslavia. He is most associated with the music of Bruckner, though he committed quite a wide range of music to recordings, including works by Beethoven and Puccini. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Croatian Home Guard and was conductor for the Independent State of Croatia's military bands. After the war he was sentenced to death by Communist Yugoslavia's government. However, his wife Lilika, who was Jewish, petitioned the Jewish-Yugoslav politician Moša Pijade who intervened and gained Matačić release after a year in imprisonment. The Lovro pl. Matačić Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded biennally by the Croatian Association of Musical Artists. Lovro von Matačić (Sušak, 14. veljače 1899. - Beograd, 4. siječnja 1985.), hrvatski dirigent U Beču je studirao glasovir, orgulje i dirigiranje. Umjetničku karijeru započeo je kao korepetitor Opere u Kölnu, a zatim je dirigirao u Osijeku, Novom Sadu, Ljubljani, Beogradu, Rigi i Zagrebu. Godine 1933. ravnao je Bečkim simfoničarima, a 1939. u Parizu je postavio "Borisa Godunova". Nakon Drugog svjetskog rata djelovao je u Operama Skoplja, Rijeke i Ljubljane. Godine 1954. nastavio je međunarodnu karijeru (Dresden, Monako, Tokio, Beč, Rim, Berlin), a 1970. godine postao je šef dirigent Zagrebačke filharmonije. Najveći je hrvatski dirigent svih vremena, jedan od svjetski najštovanijih tumača Wagnerove i Brucknerove glazbe. U međuratnom razdoblju praizveo je niz djela naših autora. Privatno se bavio i pedagoškim radom, povremeno skladao (orkestralno djelo "Balada konfrontacija"). Ostavio je zakladu "Lovro i Lilly Matačić" koja pomaže mladim dirigentima.

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