Name Uri Mayer Role Violist | Albums Great Verdi Arias | |
Education Tel Aviv University, Juilliard School Nominations Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment Similar People Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Shauna Rolston, Louis Quilico, Mario Bernardi, Richard Bradshaw | ||
Fall convocation address by uri mayer morning of oct 22 2009
Uri Mayer (born August 4, 1946 in Târgu Mureș, Romania) is Romanian-born Canadian violist and conductor.
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- Fall convocation address by uri mayer morning of oct 22 2009
- Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite Edmonton Symphony Uri Mayer
- References
Mayer moved to Israel at a young age, and studied at the Conservatory of Music of Tel-Aviv and the University of Tel-Aviv. His conducting debut took place in 1964 while he was still in high school.
He was Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Israel (1964-1970), and was a member of the Israel Philharmonic (1967-1968). After winning a scholarship in 1968, he moved to New York City to study with Jean Morel at the Juilliard School. He was Assistant Conductor of the New York Youth Symphony and principal violist with Leopold Stokowski’s American Symphony Orchestra. In 1970, he became assistant principal violist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and in 1980, he became Associate Conductor.
From 1981 to 1994, Mayer was Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. He was also Principal Conductor of Orchestra London (1988-1994), Artistic Adviser to the Israel Sinfonietta (1991-1999), and Principal Conductor of Kansai Philharmonic (1994-2000).
Mayer currently resides in Toronto Where he is the Resident Conductor of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra.