Maurice Abravanel will conduct Las Cruces Symphony at the Pan American Center

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NEWS SERVICE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITV I-AS GRUCES, N. I\I.
B. Glowacki
ApriJ. 14r 1971
IrAS CRUCES, N.M.--It[aurice Abravanel, conductor of
the Utah Synphony Orchestra scheduled, to perfor^n at New Mexico
State University this Wed,nesd,ay, (April 21) has received critical
acclaim worLd,witle for his leadersldp and, d,evelopment of the 90-
member orchestra, He w:111 conduct the Local performance at I p.m.
in the Pan A.merican Center,
In Live eoncert and for their nore than 5O
reeordings, the maestro of 24 seasons with the Utah orchestra
has received such plaudits as: rfMaurice Abravanel is a remarkable
t[a,rlr He has made the Utah Synphony one of the najor orchestras
in the united states.tr rhat from a Los Angeles critic. New york
Tines writes, 'Abrava^nel. is a superior conductor., A lond.on
critic has written, "Abravanel and. his orchestra are one of the
most heart-watming ventnres on the American mursical scene. tt And,
in France, ffThis monumental utah strmphorly recording is one everly
uusic lover should have. r' 0f one of the orchestrar s albums und.er
Abravanel a German critic states, tfllhj.s album certainly shows that
the utah synphony ls one of America's great orchestraS.,'
An Aneriean citizen of Spanish-portuguese aneestry,
Maurice Abravanel was born in Salonika, Greece, and. was reared. in
lausanner Switzerland, where he first conducted at the age of 15,
He studied in BerLin with Kurt WeilL and conducted. at the Berlin
state Opera. rn 1932 he nade his paris debut as a strmphony coil-ductor.
He was aLso guest conductor of the Paris National Opera
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