Rudolph Dunbar | |
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Background information | |
Born | Nabacalis, British Guiana | 26 November 1907
Died | 10 June 1988 London, United Kingdom | (aged 80)
Genres | Classical, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, musician, composer, journalist |
Instrument(s) | Clarinetist, and composer |
Rudolph Dunbar (26th November 1907[1][2] – 10 June 1988) was a Guyanese conductor, clarinetist, and composer, as well as being a jazz musician of note in the 1920s.[3] Leaving British Guiana at the age of 20, he had settled in England by 1931, and subsequently worked in other parts of Europe but lived most of his later years in London. Among numerous "firsts", he was the first black man to conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1942), the first black man to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic (1945) and the first black man to conduct orchestras in Poland (1959) and Russia (1964).[4] Dunbar also worked as a journalist and a war correspondent.
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