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Defauw had three weeks in December 1939, and returned for a concert in September 1942, when Leopold Stokowski was in charge; between those two engagements, he became conductor of the orchestra in Montreal that was later to bloom under Charles Dutoit. When Frederick Stock, who had been conductor of the Chicago SO since 1905, died in 1942 ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Before taking up his CSO post, Defauw was director of the Concerts du Conservatoire, Belgium's leading orchestra, and of the Belgian National Radio. In 1937, he established the Orchestra National de Belgique. At the invitation of Arturo Toscanini, he made his U.S. podium debut in 1939, conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
In 1939, Defauw made his U.S. debut, conducting four performances with Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Orchestra. After leading only one concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1941, he was signed as permanent conductor and served in that capacity until 1952.
May 14, 2021 · The Chicago Symphony, rebuilding after Désiré Defauw’s brief postlude to the 37-year tenure of Frederick Stock, sniffed an opportunity, and offered a post around Christmas 1946.
Nov 12, 2013 · The period following the sudden death of longtime music director Frederick Stock in 1942 had seen two music directors, Desire Defauw and Rafael Kubelik, run out of town by the Tribune’s all ...
May 7, 2019 · 1939: invited by Arturo Toscanini as guest conductor for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. 1941-1953: director and conductor of the Orchester Symphonique de Montréal . 1943-1947: director and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , succeeding the recently deceased Frederick Stock;
The new maestro, who had just defied bombs and mines on the S. S. Vulcama, for his chance to conduct the NBCers, was Belgium's No. i Conductor Désiré Defauw (pronounced Defoe). Driving the orchestra at top speed, with its cut-out open, through a broadcast of light French and Belgian pieces, Maestro Defauw left a few loose bolts & nuts by...
