Anis Fuleihan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anis Fuleihan

American composer

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1900

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1970

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Anis Fuleihan

  • Anis Fuleihan (April 2, 1900 - October 11, 1970) was a Cypriot-born American composer, conductor and pianist.A native of Kyrenia, Fuleihan belonged to a Christian Lebanese family; he attended the English School in that town before coming to the United States in 1915.
  • He settled in New York City, taking further piano lessons with Alberto Jonas; he also taught himself composition at this time.
  • His debut of "Oriental Fantasies" at the Aeolian Hall in 1919 was well received.
  • He became a United States citizen in 1925.Fuleihan toured the USA and the Middle East from 1919 until 1925, living for a time in Cairo before returning to the United States in 1928.
  • Resettling in New York, he began to compose music for ballets put on by various contemporary dance organizations; he also found work as a conductor for radio at this time.
  • Beginning in 1932 he worked for G.
  • Schirmer, continuing in this capacity until 1939.
  • In 1945 he began to teach at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; in 1953 he assumed the directorship of the Beirut Conservatory in Lebanon.
  • In 1962 he went to Tunis as part of a program organized by the State Department; in 1963 he organized the Orchestre Classique de Tunis, remaining there until 1965.As a composer, Fuleihan attracted the attention of Eugene Goossens, who premiered his Mediterranean Suite, and who assisted in his reception of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
  • He obtained several commissions and teaching posts in the Middle East.
  • Fuleihan's music generally avoided serial structures, and was heavily influenced by Middle Eastern folk music.
  • One of his works is a concerto for theremin, premiered by the New York Philharmonic under Leopold Stokowski in 1945; the soloist was Clara Rockmore.A short biography mentioning the film in which Fuleihan's Theremin Concerto is played is here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148763/Fuleihan died in Palo Alto, California in 1970.

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