Ex-Minnesota Orchestra maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski dies
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former longtime Minnesota Orchestra music director Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who 行為／行うd major orchestras in England, Japan and other countries, died Tuesday after 苦しむing a second 一打／打撃 earlier this month, the orchestra said. He was 93.
Minnesota Orchestra 大統領，／社長 Kevin Smith was told by Skrowaczewski's family that he died at Park Nicollet-Methodist Hospital in the Minneapolis 郊外 of St. Louis Park, orchestra spokeswoman Gwen Pappas told The Associated 圧力（をかける）. An earlier 一打／打撃 last 落ちる ended Skrowaczewski's １０年間s of 行為／行うing.
"It is hard to 表明する all that Maestro Skrowaczewski has meant to the Minnesota Orchestra," the orchestra said in a 地位，任命する on its Facebook page. "Although he traveled the world 行為／行うing major orchestras until just last year, he continued to make Minnesota his home across the １０年間s."
Skrowaczewski's last concerts were with the Minnesota Orchestra in October 2016, 行為／行うing 作品 by Anton Bruckner, his specialty.
Skrowaczewski (pronounced skroh-vah-CHEHF'-skee) led the Minnesota Orchestra for 19 years, starting in 1960, when it was still known as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. During his 任期 as music director, Skrowaczewski also was instrumental in the 創造 of Orchestra Hall, the orchestra's home in downtown Minneapolis that opened in 1974.
He continued as the orchestra's conductor laureate, serving on the orchestra's artistic staff for 56 years. His 任期 as music director equaled that of the orchestra's 設立するing music director Emil Oberhoffer for the longest 任期 in that position.
Besides his work to create Orchestra Hall, Skrowaczewski also was a 支持する／優勝者 of new music, a celebrated 作曲家 and an 支持する for the Minnesota Orchestra's union musicians during a 16-month lockout, the orchestra said.
In a 声明, Skowaczewski's 管理／経営 company, Intermusica of London, said he "命令（する）d a rare position on the musical scene 世界的な as both a renowned conductor and 高度に regarded 作曲家."
"Skrowaczewski 行為／行うd the world's major orchestras and 共同製作するd with some of the musical 巨大（な）s of the 20th century, 含むing Shostakovich, Lutoslawski, Penderecki and Andrzej Panufnik," Intermusica said.
The native of Poland began 熟考する／考慮するing the piano and violin at age 4. He composed his first symphonic work at 7 and gave his first public recital at 11. He won the International 競争 for Conductors in Rome in 1956.
Other 地位，任命するs 含む with the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, England, from 1984 to 1991, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo from 2007 to 2010.
He also 苦しむd a 一打／打撃 in November 2016, which 軍隊d him to 取り消す 近づいている 外見s with the Dallas Symphony and other orchestras.
A 記念の service to celebrate Skrowaczewski's 遺産／遺物 is scheduled for March 28 at Orchestra Hall.
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