Background
Adler, Raffael was born in Breslau, Germany. Son of Samuel Adler and Rachel (Engel) Samet. came to the United States, 1953. Naturalized, 1976.
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Raffael Adler
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Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School Music, New York City, 1959; Master of Music, Manhattan School Music, New York City, 1961.
Career
Guest conductor, Jerusalem Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1948, 52, 62; music director, conductor, Huntington (New York) Philharmonia, 1959-1960, 73-74; music director, conductor, Westchester Symphony Orchestra, White Plains, New York, 1975-1976, 81-82; founder, artistic director, conductor, New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, since 1969; music director, conductor, Rockaway-Five Towns Symphony Orchestra, since 1991. Board directors Chamber Music at Sarah Lawrence, Bronxville, New York, 1977-1978;chairman music department Columbia Preparatory School, New York City, 1982-1983, 91-92;guest conductor State Philharmonic Wroclaw, Poland, 1995, 97, Internat.Music Fest, Kiev, Ukraine, 1996.
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Director Israeli arts and music section Jewish Agent for Israel, N.YC., 1953-1955. Board directors Israeli Students Organisation, New York City, 1955-1957. Member speaker's bureau United Nations, New York City, 1956-1958.
First American conductor to conduct American String Orchestra in Helsinki, 1977, in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1978.
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Tanglewood Music Center fellow, 1958. Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation grantee, 1974, unites states department State grantee, 1977, 78, Lincoln Court Justices (New York)Cmty. Arts Project grantee, 1994, 97.Tanglewood Music Center fellow, 1958. Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation grantee, 1974, unites states department State grantee, 1977, 78, Lincoln Court Justices (New York)Cmty. Arts Project grantee, 1994, 97.