Magnard's artistic credo was: "The artist who does not draw his strength from abnegation is close either to death or to dishonour."
Performer Biography
Shostakovich personally asked Thomas Sanderling to conduct the German premieres of his Thirteenth and Fourteenth symphonies.
Composer Biography
Magnard's personality was compared to that of Ludwig van Beethoven, an impression reinforced by the fact that both men became increasingly hard of hearing.
Composer Biography
Albéric Magnard, a French composer, was shot and killed in 1914 by German soldiers while defending his house, which was then burned down with many of his manuscripts.
Composition History
Magnard's works, like much late-Romantic music, fell into oblivion until a renaissance of interest in music from around 1900 emerged in recent decades.
Composer Biography
Magnard was born into a wealthy family; his father was a director of the famous newspaper Le Figaro, which meant the composer had few financial concerns in his creative career.
Performer Biography
Thomas Sanderling, the conductor, grew up in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) where his father, Kurt Sanderling, was music director of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.
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