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Othmar Mága, son of german-hungarian parents, was born 1929 in Brno (Czechoslovakia). He studied Violin, conducting and composing in Stuttgart/Germany, musicology and german literature at the University of Tuebingen and perfected his studies on conducting with Paul van Kempen, Ferdinand Leitner (opera) and Sergiu Celibidache.
Othmar Mága is an often invited guestconductor of important orchestras thoughout Europe, as well as Asia and America.
He was chiefconductor in Goettingen (1962-67) and Nuernberg/Germany (1968-70), Odense/Denmark and Milano/Italy (1983-87). For twelve years he was GMD in Bochum (1971-82) and became professor at the Folkwang-Highschool for music in Essen/Germany. From 1992 until
the end of 1996 Mága was chiefconductor of the Korean Broadcast Service Symphony - Orchestra in Seoul/Korea. From 2002 until 2003 Mága was acting GMD of the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker at the Vereinigte Staedtische Buehnen Krefeld - Moenchengladbach. Mága conducted numerous recordings on disc, radio and television.
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Divertimento for 2 soloviolins, solocello and stringorchestra
Advent Cantata for alto, flute, violin, violoncello and stringorchestra
"Blüten und Mond" - Haiku-cycle for soprano and strings
Concertino for violin and chamberorchestra
Chambersymphony (1962)
Three Haikus for reciter and stringtrio (2002)
"Chamäleon" - for Marimbaphon
"Kaleidoskop" - for soloviolin, dedicated to Ulf Hoelscher (2008)
>> Live-recording (First performance 25.10.2008)
• Discography (pdf)
- • Recordings for radio (pdf):
- Berlin: RIAS e SFB | Frankfurt: HR | Hamburg, Hannover: NDR | Köln: WDR | München, Nürnberg, Baden-Baden, Saarbrücken: BR, SWR e SR | Stuttgart: SDR
Milano, Napoli/Italia: RAI | Paris/France: RTF | Bruxelles/Belge: RTB, BRT | Welsh, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow/GB: BBC | Dublin/Ireland: RTE | Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger/Norges: NRK | København/Danmark: DR, Göteborg/Sverige | Johannesburg/Southafrica: SABC | Chile | Seoul/Korea: KBS