Person Open DS/UK/4788 Mlynarski; Emil Szymon (1870-1935); Polish conductor, violinist, composer, pedagogue Mlynarski Emil Szymon 1870-1935 Polish conductor, violinist, composer, pedagogue Male

Emil Szymon Mlynarski (18 July 1870 – 5 April 1935) was a Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue. Mlynarski was born in Kibarty (Kybartai), Russian Empire, now in Lithuania. He studied violin with Leopold Auer, and composition with Anatoly Lyadov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently served as principal conductor of the Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow from 1910 to 1916. He conducted the premiere of Karol Szymanowski's opera King Roger. He composed, among other things, a symphony dedicated to his homeland (Symphony in F major, Op. 14, Polonia), and two violin concertos (1897, 1917). The latter concerto, in D major, Op. 16, has been recorded by Konstanty Kulka and Nigel Kennedy. Emil Mlynarski died in Warsaw at age 64. His daughter Aniela (Nela, Nelly) married Mieczyslaw Munz and later Arthur Rubinstein. He is the grandfather of John Rubinstein and the great-grandfather of Michael Weston, both American actors International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 3/14/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 5b0819e1-b5b6-4841-90cb-adae3735eebd