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Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
About Lav Mirski
- Lav Mirski (born Leo Fritz; 21 June 1893 â 29 April 1968) was Croatian Jewish conductor.Mirski was born in Zagreb to a Jewish family.
- He completed his cello studies at the conservatory of University of Zagreb.
- In 1913, Mirski moved to Vienna, where he worked until 1917 when he returned to Croatia, Osijek.
- Mirski participated in the founding of the "Society for the advancement of science and arts" in Osijek, which in 1921 became the "City music school", and "Municipal conservatory".
- Since coming to Osijek, Mirski advocated the establishment of a permanent philharmonic, which he succeeded in 1924.
- With Mirski at head, Osijek philharmonic performed the most complex pieces of domestic and foreign composers.
- In 1923 Mirski became the director of the opera at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.
- At that time, among other things, Mirski recognized the potential of a young tambura player Julije NjikoĆĄ - Ăule, then still a boy, who would later become the founder of the important Croatian tambura institutions.
- Mirski also worked in other Croatian cities, mostly in his hometown Zagreb, where he collaborated with the Croatian National Theatre, but also in Dubrovnik, SuĆĄak and Rijeka.
- He also worked in Budapest, Prague and many other European cities.In April 1941, with the NDH regime in power, Mirski was fired from the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.
- At first he was deported to Zagreb, and then he was taken to the camp Ferramonti di Tarsia in Italy.
- In camp, Mirski led inmates choir.
- In 1944, Mirski was liberated after the capitulation of Italy and joined the Partisans.
- Later in Bari, Mirski conducted the symphony orchestras for the allied forces.
- In 1944 he moved to Mandatory Palestine.
- From 1944 to 1947, Mirski was opera, symphony and radio orchestra conductor in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- In 1947, Mirski returned to Osijek to become, again, the director of the opera at the Croatian National Theatre.
- In 1956, Mirski became intendant at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.
- Mirski retired in 1961.Mirski died in Osijek on April 29, 1968 and was buried at the Saint Ana Cemetery, with other Osijek's prominent citizens.
- In Mirski honour, square in Osijek is named after him.
- In 2007, city government renewed the Lav Mirski burial site.
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