Arturo Toscanini and Jascha Heifetz played a significant role in helping Castelnuovo-Tedesco emigrate, securing commissions and connecting him with MGM film studios.
Critical Reception
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's focus on 'natural exteriority' and traditional forms led to academic undervaluation of his music, which is now undergoing re-evaluation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Castelnuovo-Tedesco frequently used traditional forms and focused on the aesthetic dimension of music, rejecting radical innovation.
Performer Biography
The Aron Quartett, founded in 1998 by four Viennese musicians, was profoundly influenced by members of the Alban Berg Quartet.
Composer Biography
Castelnuovo-Tedesco taught at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, where his students included future film composers André Previn, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, and John Williams.
Performer Biography
The Aron Quartett was invited to be Quartet in Residence at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, where they present a cycle of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century compositions.
Composer Biography
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, born in Florence in 1895, was forced to leave Italy in 1939 due to Mussolini's racial laws.
