Background
MEHLICH, Ernesto was born on February 9, 1888 in Berlin, Germany.
MEHLICH, Ernesto was born on February 9, 1888 in Berlin, Germany.
Educated Academy, of Music and University of Berlin.
Director, Breslau opera, 1923-1927. Director general of music, Baden-Baden, 1927-1933. Conductor, Society Cultura de Sâo Paulo, 1934-1937, Society Filarmónica de Sao Paulo, 1937-1940.
Guest conductor in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, since 1935. Conductor of symphonic concerts, Sâo Paulo department, of culture, 1940. Composer of many works for piano, violin, voice, as well as a symphony and a Christmas oratorio.
Has translated into Portuguese the text of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Haydn's The Creation, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Passion According to Saint Matthew, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman. Wagner’s Die Meistersinger and Flying Dutchman, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Has also orchestrated various works of Bach, Brahms, and Moussorgskv.