Background
Fitelberg was born into a Polish-Jewish family (father Hozjasz Fitelberg, mother Matylda Niezrównany), in Daugavpils, Latvia.
composer conductor music educator
Fitelberg was born into a Polish-Jewish family (father Hozjasz Fitelberg, mother Matylda Niezrównany), in Daugavpils, Latvia.
In 1908 he conducted in the Warsaw Opera, in 1912 in the Vienna Opera. During the first war he collaborated with Ballets Russes. He conducted the first performance of Mavra of Igor Stravinsky.
From 1921 to 1934 he was the chief conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, excessively promoting new music
In 1935 he organized the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He died in Katowice, Poland.
The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, one of most important music competitions in Poland, takes place in the Silesian Philharmonic since 1979.
He was a member of the Młoda Polska group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.