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Jan 28, 2018 · Conductor and music educator, Mario di Bonaventura died at home on December 17, 2017 at age 93. A career spanning seven decades, the Maestro conducted over 70 orchestras worldwi.
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Lorenzo di Bonaventura ( Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso di ˌbɔnavenˈtuːra]; born January 13, 1957) is an American film producer and founder and owner of Di Bonaventura Pictures. He is best known for producing the G.I. Joe and Transformers film series.
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- January 13, 1957 (age 66), New York City, New York, U.S.
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Mario di Bonaventura championed new music throughout his illustrious career and commissioned many new works by leading composers. He appeared frequently as a guest conductor before ensembles across the United States, Europe and Russia.
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Jun 14, 2017 · The American conductor, music educator, and music publisher, Mario di Bonaventura,, brother of the American pianist and teacher, Anthony di Bonaventura (b 1930), studied violin; was a pupil in composition in Paris of Nadia Boulanger (1947-1953) and in conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum and in Paris of Igor Markevitch. He received instruction ...
Mario di Bonaventura was born in 1928. He was director of music at the Hopkins Center from its opening in 1962 through 1969. He conceived and organized the music programs for the Congregation of the Arts.
Bonaventura, Mario di, American conductor, music educator, and music publisher, brother of Anthony di Bonaventura; b. Follansbee, W.Va., Feb. 20, 1924. He studied violin, was a pupil in composition in Paris of Boulanger (1947–53), and in conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum and in Paris of Markevitch; received instruction in piano ...
In 1975, Mario di Bonaventura — then-Director of Publications of G. Schirmer — heard Giya Kancheli's Symphony No. 4 at a Trans-Caucasian festival in the former Soviet Union. Kancheli was not yet known in the West, but di Bonaventura was so struck by the music, he offered the composer his first Western commission.
