Frédérique Petrides, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Conductor and writer
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Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Frédérique Petrides
- Frédérique Petrides (pronounced peh TREE dis), (September 26, 1903 – January 12, 1983), was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist.
- In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York.
- It consisted of women musicians and premiered works by then relatively untried American composers, such as Paul Creston, Samuel Barber and David Diamond, that are now widely played and celebrated. She also edited and published the ground-breaking newsletter, Women in Music, which highlighted the activities of professional women musicians throughout the ages.In addition, she founded several concert series in Manhattan, including the West Side Orchestral Concerts, the Student Symphony Society of New York, and the Carl Schurz Park concerts.
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