Sergiu comissiona biography

          The prominent Romanian-born American conductor and violinist, Sergiu Comissiona, began violin studies at the age of 5.

        1. The Romanian-born conductor Sergiu Comissiona made his conducting debut with the Bucharest Opera Orchestra at the age of 18; by the time he was 22 he was.
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        4. Sergiu Comissiona was a Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist.

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          Sergiu Comissiona

          Conductor and violinist

          Sergiu Comissiona

          Sergiu Comissiona (Hebrew: סרג'ו קומיסיונה; June 16, – March 5, ) was a Romanian-Israeli-Americanconductor and violinist.

          Biography

          Early life

          Born in Bucharest, Romania in a Jewish family, he began violin studies at the age of five, was hired as a violinist by the Romanian State Ensemble while still in his teens, making his conducting debut at the age of In his twenties he was named principal conductor of the Romanian National Opera, which he led from to

          Career

          He fled the Communist regime in and emigrated to Israel.

          In he founded the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, which he led until He also directed the Haifa Symphony from until He made his American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in and emigrated to the United States in Later he was also music director of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, from to , and became chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in Hilversum,