Alfred Mendelssohn

Alfred Mendelsohn (1910–1966) was a Romanian composer and conductor, who was born and died in Bucharest. He studied from 1927 to 1931 at the Music Academy in Vienna with Joseph Marx and Franz Schmidt and at the Conservatory in Bucharest with Mihail Jora. From 1944 to 1963, he served as conductor at the Romanian National Opera. In 1949, he became a professor at the Conservatory, where he taught counterpoint. Alfred Mendelsohn composed several operas and ballets, eight symphonies and a dramatic symphony in seven scenes, a symphonic poem, a string suite, a cello concerto, two violin concertos, two piano concertos, chamber works, oratorios, cantatas, drama and film music, choral works and songs.