Background
Sternberg, Jonathan was born on July 27, 1919 in New York City. Son of Louis and Henriette (Glickman) Sternberg.
Sternberg, Jonathan was born on July 27, 1919 in New York City. Son of Louis and Henriette (Glickman) Sternberg.
Student, Julliard School Music, 1931. Bachelor, New York University, 1939. Postgraduate, New York University, 1940.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1940. Postgraduate, Manhattan School Music, 1946. Postgraduate, L'Ecole Monteux, Hancock, Maine, 1947.
He sits in the Board of Directors of the Conductors Guild, and was the recipient of their Award for Lifetime Service in 2009. Sternberg"s performances are treasured by audiophiles and classical music enthusiasts all over the world. After the war he spent time studying under Léon Barzin and Pierre Monteux.
Sternberg"s conducting debut came in on December 7, 1941 at the helm of the National Youth Administration Symphony Orchestra.
Shortly thereafter he entered military service, and at the end of the war he became conductor for the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. After returning to the United States, he traveled to Austria in 1947, where he made his debut conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
He was the conductor on the first recording of the pianist Alfred Brendel, Prokofiev"s Fifth Concerto, Around this time Sternberg collaborated with hockey club Robbins Landon, assisting in the search for music manuscripts all over Europe. Robbins Landon later founded the Haydn Society, prompting Sternberg to produce a series of recordings of Haydn and Mozart pieces, including the Nelson Mass and Posthorn Serenade.
After conducting the Halifax Symphony Orchestra for a year, Sternberg directed the Royal Flemish Opera for five years, subsequently returning to the United States to become music director and conductor of the Harkness Ballet.
He also served as musical director of the Atlanta Opera and Ballet, and accepted a visiting professorship of conducting at the Eastman School of Music, a position that he also later held at Temple University, where he remained for 20 years. Sternberg is still active as a lecturer and conductor, in addition to serving as a judge of conducting for The American Prize.
Guest conductor People's Republic China, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, 1945,87, 92. Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1946, China. Member Condr's. Guild, Inc.
(vice president since 1987, lecturer since 1984, editor-at-large journal, newsletter), International Arts-Medicine Association (vice president since 1985), Bela Bartok Society of America (board directors since 1987, vice president, artistic director).
Married Ursula Hertz, October 15, 1957 (deceased September 2000). Children: Tanya Pushkine, Peter Raphael.