Daniel Nazareth
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Daniel Nazareth (8 June 1948 – 19 June 2014) was an Indian composer and conductor.
Early life and education
Born in
Nazareth was a prize winner at the 1974 International Nikolai Malko Conductors Competition in
Conducting career
On the invitation of
In March 1982 he conducted a version of
After the re-unification of Germany, Nazareth served as Chief Conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 1996. He conducted the orchestra during a live TV concert at the Vatican in 1993 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the papacy of Pope John Paul II. Video productions with MDR Leipzig included Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Mass in C, Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, Mozart’s Requiem and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
In August 2000, Nazareth conducted the Opera di Roma’s Centenary Production of
Nazareth's recordings include the world premiere recording of
Compositions
Nazareth’s compositions include three piano trios, sonatas, Gitanjali Songs to texts by Rabrindranath Tagore, Gustav Mahler Songs, a series of "Concerti Sinfonici" for violin and orchestra, viola and orchestra, cello and orchestra, piano and orchestra, a singspiel "The Leonardo Bridge", an Italian opera, "Fontana dell’ Amore", set in medieval Tuscany, the cantata "Children of Gandhi" and the Bara'a Symphony and "Evolution Symphony".
He wrote the screenplay Gustav and Alma that narrates the triumph and tragedy that overcast the last decade of Gustav Mahler’s life.