Julius von Bernuth

Conductor from Germany
1830, August 8th in Rees, Germany - 1902, December 24th in Hamburg, Germany

Julius von Bernuth (8 August 1830 - 24 December 1902) was a German conductor and composer, a member of the noble Bernuth family. Born in Rees in the Rhineland, he first studied law before turning to music, training at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1854 to 1856. In Leipzig he conducted the Singakademie from 1860 to 1868 and was music director of the Euterpe concert society in 1860 and again from 1864 to 1867. In 1867 he moved to Hamburg as director of the Philharmonic concerts and of the Hamburg Singakademie, posts he held until 1894/95, making him one of the central figures of Hamburg musical life in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1873 he founded the Hamburg Conservatory and became its first director. He is remembered in particular for his role in bringing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to Hamburg: in 1887 he suggested to the publisher Daniel Rahter that Tchaikovsky be invited to conduct a Philharmonic Society concert, which took place in January 1888. He died in Hamburg and is buried in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery. Source: Rondo DB

Usual Name Julius von Bernuth
Ensembles Philharmoniker Hamburg from 1867 to 1895
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