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'''Georg Tintner''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (22 May 1917{{spaced ndash}}2 October 1999) was an [[Austria]]n-born conductor whose career was principally in [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].


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'''Georg Tintner''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (22 May 1917{{spaced ndash}}2 October 1999) was an [[Austria]]n conductor whose career was principally in [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]]. Although best known as a conductor, he was also a composer (he considered himself a composer who conducted).
As a child he was a singer in the [[Vienna Boys' Choir]], directed by [[Franz Schalk]]. At the [[Vienna State Academy]] he studied composition with [[Joseph Marx]] and conducting with [[Felix Weingartner]]. Soon he was assistant conductor of the [[Vienna Volksoper]].


Due to the persecution of Jews, Tintner moved out of Vienna in 1938, arriving in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] in 1940. En route, he was falsely accused of being a German spy and got arrested in Australia.<ref>Tanya Buchdahl Tintner, ''Out of Time. The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner.'' Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013.</ref> He conducted a church choir until after the war, when he took over the Auckland Choral Society in 1947, and the Auckland String Players in 1948. He became a New Zealand citizen in 1946. In 1954, he went to [[Australia]] and became resident conductor of the National Opera of Australia (a private company) before joining the [[Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust]] Opera in 1957. Tintner is credited with pioneering televised opera in Australia.
As a child he was a singer in the [[Vienna Boys' Choir]], the first Jew ever to be accepted;<ref>Tanya Buchdahl Tintner, ''Out of Time: The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner'', Foreword</ref> at that time the choir was directed by [[Franz Schalk]]. At the [[Vienna State Academy]] he studied composition with [[Joseph Marx]] and conducting with [[Felix Weingartner]]. Soon he was assistant conductor of the [[Vienna Volksoper]].


Due to the persecution of Jews, Tintner moved out of Vienna in 1938, arriving in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] in 1940. En route, he was falsely accused of being a German spy and arrested in Australia.<ref>{{cite book |first=Tanya Buchdahl |last=Tintner |title=Out of Time. The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |year=2013 }}</ref> He conducted a church choir until after the war, when he took over the Auckland Choral Society in 1947, and the Auckland String Players in 1948. He became a New Zealand citizen in 1946. In 1954, he went to [[Australia]] and became resident conductor of the National Opera of Australia (a private company) before joining the [[Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust]] Opera in 1957. Tintner is credited with pioneering televised opera in Australia.
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He spent a year with the [[Cape Town]] Municipal Orchestra (1966–67) and three years with [[English National Opera|Sadler's Wells Opera]] (1967–70) before returning to Australia as Music Director of the [[West Australian Opera]]. In 1974, he rejoined the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera, by then known as the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]]. He became Music Director of the [[Queensland Theatre Orchestra]] in 1976.


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He spent a year with the [[Cape Town]] Municipal Orchestra (1966–67) and three years with [[English National Opera|Sadler's Wells Opera]] (1967–70) before returning to Australia as music director of the [[West Australian Opera]]. In 1974, he rejoined the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera, by then known as the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]]. He became music director of the [[Queensland Theatre Orchestra]] in 1976.
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In 1987 he moved to [[Canada]], where he became director of [[Symphony Nova Scotia]]. In 1998, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{OCC|3879}}</ref> On 2 October 1999, after a six-year struggle with cancer, he jumped to his death from the balcony of his 11th-storey [[Metropolitan Halifax|Halifax]] apartment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/1999/10/04/conductor.html|title=Wife says symphony conductor took his own life|publisher=CBC News|date=October 4, 1999|accessdate=22 April 2009}}</ref>


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In 1987 he moved to [[Canada]], where he became director of [[Symphony Nova Scotia]]. In 1998, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{OCC|3879}}</ref> On 2 October 1999, after a six-year struggle with cancer, he jumped to his death from the balcony of his 11th-storey [[Metropolitan Halifax|Halifax]] apartment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wife-says-symphony-conductor-took-his-own-life-1.193038 |title=Wife says symphony conductor took his own life |publisher=CBC News |date=4 October 1999 |access-date=21 August 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209063838/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/1999/10/04/conductor.html |archive-date=9 February 2010}}</ref>
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Tintner was described as "one of the greatest living [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]] conductors." He recorded a much-praised complete cycle of Bruckner symphonies for the Naxos CD label shortly before the end of his life (recording sessions: 1995-98). Naxos is releasing a "Tintner Memorial Edition" comprising re-releases of some of his earlier recordings of composers other than Bruckner. A disc of Tintner's piano music has also been released by the same label, valuably revealing a side of the man long-forgotten since his student days.


Tintner was described as "one of the greatest living [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]] conductors." He recorded a much-praised complete cycle of Bruckner symphonies for the Naxos CD label shortly before the end of his life (recording sessions: 1995–98).<ref>[http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/n/nxs01101b.php Georg Tintner's Bruckner CD box - Classical Net review]</ref> In addition to the eleven symphonies this cycle includes the [[Symphony No. 3 (Bruckner)|1876 Adagio]] and the [[Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)|1878 'Volksfest Finale']].<ref>[http://www.abruckner.com/sitesearch/searchdiscographyd/default.htm?search=tintner Discography of Bruckner's symphonies by Georg Tintner]</ref>
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His daughter was the dancer Hephzibah Tintner (1971-2001), whom he named after the pianist [[Hephzibah Menuhin]].<ref>[http://htfoundation.com.au/hephzibah_tintner.htm Hephzibah Tintner Foundation]</ref> She was the partner of then Lord Mayor of Sydney and later NSW state politician [[Frank Sartor]].<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/01/1022569844252.html Miranda Devine, ''Cancer fight gets personal for Sartor'', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 2002]</ref>

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Naxos is also releasing a "Tintner Memorial Edition" comprising re-releases of some of his earlier recordings of composers other than Bruckner. A disc of Tintner's piano music has also been released by the same label, valuably revealing a side of the man long-forgotten since his student days. Some of his own early compositions have been recorded: Violin Sonata, Piano Sonata, ''Trauermusik'', ''Chopin Variations'', and Prelude.

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His daughter was the dancer Hephzibah Tintner (1971–2001), whom he named after the pianist [[Hephzibah Menuhin]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://htfoundation.com.au/hephzibah_tintner.htm |title=Hephzibah Tintner Foundation |access-date=2012-11-24 |archive-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303041343/http://htfoundation.com.au/hephzibah_tintner.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was the partner of then Lord Mayor of Sydney and later NSW (Labor Party) state politician [[Frank Sartor]].<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/01/1022569844252.html Miranda Devine, ''Cancer fight gets personal for Sartor'', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 2002]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-7/tintner-en.htm Biography]
* [http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-7/tintner-en.htm Biography]
* [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/immortalbruckner/tintner.html&date=2009-10-26+00:23:53 Biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021008204710/http://www.geocities.com/immortalbruckner/tintner.html Biography]
* [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q56902/biography|pure_url=yes}} Article]
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q56902/biography|pure_url=yes}} Article]
* [http://www.classicalnotes.net/columns/tintner.html Georg Tintner - The Gift of Being Simple]
* [http://www.classicalnotes.net/columns/tintner.html Georg Tintner - The Gift of Being Simple]
* [https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/sundayfeature/audio/201843156/georg-tintner-a-displaced-life Georg Tintner - A Displaced Life] (Article by Radio New Zealand)


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Latest revision as of 04:19, 3 September 2024

Not to be confused with Gerhard Tintner.
Georg Tintner
Born(1917-05-22)22 May 1917
Vienna, Austria
Died2 October 1999(1999-10-02) (aged 82)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
OccupationConductor
AwardsOrder of Canada

Georg Tintner, CM (22 May 1917 – 2 October 1999) was an Austrian conductor whose career was principally in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Although best known as a conductor, he was also a composer (he considered himself a composer who conducted).

As a child he was a singer in the Vienna Boys' Choir, the first Jew ever to be accepted;[1] at that time the choir was directed by Franz Schalk. At the Vienna State Academy he studied composition with Joseph Marx and conducting with Felix Weingartner. Soon he was assistant conductor of the Vienna Volksoper.

Due to the persecution of Jews, Tintner moved out of Vienna in 1938, arriving in Auckland, New Zealand in 1940. En route, he was falsely accused of being a German spy and arrested in Australia.[2] He conducted a church choir until after the war, when he took over the Auckland Choral Society in 1947, and the Auckland String Players in 1948. He became a New Zealand citizen in 1946. In 1954, he went to Australia and became resident conductor of the National Opera of Australia (a private company) before joining the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera in 1957. Tintner is credited with pioneering televised opera in Australia.

He spent a year with the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra (1966–67) and three years with Sadler's Wells Opera (1967–70) before returning to Australia as music director of the West Australian Opera. In 1974, he rejoined the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera, by then known as the Australian Opera. He became music director of the Queensland Theatre Orchestra in 1976.

In 1987 he moved to Canada, where he became director of Symphony Nova Scotia. In 1998, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[3] On 2 October 1999, after a six-year struggle with cancer, he jumped to his death from the balcony of his 11th-storey Halifax apartment.[4]

Tintner was described as "one of the greatest living Bruckner conductors." He recorded a much-praised complete cycle of Bruckner symphonies for the Naxos CD label shortly before the end of his life (recording sessions: 1995–98).[5] In addition to the eleven symphonies this cycle includes the 1876 Adagio and the 1878 'Volksfest Finale'.[6]

Naxos is also releasing a "Tintner Memorial Edition" comprising re-releases of some of his earlier recordings of composers other than Bruckner. A disc of Tintner's piano music has also been released by the same label, valuably revealing a side of the man long-forgotten since his student days. Some of his own early compositions have been recorded: Violin Sonata, Piano Sonata, Trauermusik, Chopin Variations, and Prelude.

His daughter was the dancer Hephzibah Tintner (1971–2001), whom he named after the pianist Hephzibah Menuhin.[7] She was the partner of then Lord Mayor of Sydney and later NSW (Labor Party) state politician Frank Sartor.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Tanya Buchdahl Tintner, Out of Time: The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner, Foreword
  2. ^ Tintner, Tanya Buchdahl (2013). Out of Time. The Vexed Life of Georg Tintner. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
  3. ^ Order of Canada citation
  4. ^ "Wife says symphony conductor took his own life". CBC News. 4 October 1999. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ Georg Tintner's Bruckner CD box - Classical Net review
  6. ^ Discography of Bruckner's symphonies by Georg Tintner
  7. ^ "Hephzibah Tintner Foundation". Archived from the original on 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  8. ^ Miranda Devine, Cancer fight gets personal for Sartor, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 2002
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