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- Birth nameGyörgy Széll
- George Szell was born on June 7, 1897 in Budapest, Hungary. He is known for Le Mirage (1992), Os Maias: Cenas da Vida Romântica (2014) and Orchestra of Exiles (2012). He was married to Helena Schultz Teltsch and Olga Band. He died on July 30, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- SpousesHelena Schultz Teltsch(1938 - July 30, 1970) (his death)Olga Band(1920 - 1926) (divorced)
- Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra (1946-1970).
- He made the then (1946) obscure Cleveland Orchestra into one of the great orchestras of the world and into one of the five leading orchestras in the United States - the others being the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- Became a US citizen in 1946.
- Was also serving as Music Advisor and senior guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic at the time of his death, after Leonard Bernstein stepped down as music director.
- Was on his way back to Europe in 1939 when WWII broke out, leaving him marooned in New York City. Conducted at the Metropolitan Opera from 1942 to 1946, when he was offered the post of permanent conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra.
- At Cleveland, we begin to rehearse where other orchestras leave off.
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