- Born
- Died
- Felix Slatkin was born on December 22, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Felix is known for Porgy and Bess (1959). Felix was married to Eleanor Slatkin. Felix died on February 8, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseEleanor Slatkin(? - February 8, 1963) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesDaniel Slatkin(Grandchild)
- He was Frank Sinatra's concertmaster and conductor of choice during the Capitol years of the 1950s.
- He made over 25 recordings with The Concert Arts Orchestra , also on the Capitol label, including a recording of Offenbach's Gaîté Parisienne (a ballet arranged by Manuel Rosenthal), which won a Grammy Award in 1958.
- His conducting career included his founding of the Concert Arts Orchestra and appearances with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.
- In 1962, his recording entitled Hoedown won a Grammy nomination. In 1995, the Hollywood Quartet won the London Grammaphone award for their recording of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Schubert's Quintet in C Major.
- He began working professionally at the age of ten and won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute, where he studied violin with Efrem Zimbalist and conducting with Fritz Reiner.
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