Myer Fredman

Myer Fredman was a British-Australian conductor. He studied at Dartington Hall and in London with Peter Gellhorn, Vilém Tauský, Sir Adrian Boult, and was assistant conductor to Otto Klemperer, Vittorio Gui, Sir John Pritchard and Sir Charles Mackerras. Fredman was conductor at the Glyndebourne Festival from 1963 to 1974. He was involved in the creation of Glyndebourne Touring Opera, where he was musical director for seven years, 1968–74. After moving to Australia, Fredman became musical director of the State Opera of South Australia 1974–80, and conductor and artistic associate with Opera Australia 1983–98. In 1988, he directed the International Summer Vocal School in Salt Lake City. Myer Fredman conducted the Australian premieres of Sir Michael Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage, and Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, at consecutive Adelaide Festivals. His world-premiere recordings include Arnold Bax's 1st and 2nd symphonies and Havergal Brian's 6th symphony, all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Brian's 16th symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; and Peter Sculthorpe's piano concerto and a television opera, Quiros. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myer_Fr...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)