12 Facts About Bernard Heinze

Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze, AC was an Australian conductor, academic, and Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music.

Bernard Heinze conducted all the orchestras run by the ABC, most particularly the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, of which he was chief conductor from 1933 to 1950.

Bernard Heinze initiated the Young Performers Awards, which continue to showcase emerging international talent.

Bernard Heinze introduced Australian audiences to the works of Anton Bruckner, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bela Bartok and William Walton, and promoted Australian composers.

Bernard Heinze was born in Shepparton, Victoria on 1 July 1894, the son of Benjamin Heinze, a German-born watch-maker and jeweller, and his Yorkshire-born wife, Minnie Heinze, nee Greenwell.

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Bernard Heinze held this professorship till 1957, and played a crucial role in the creation of the Faculty of Music.

From 1932 to 1937, Bernard Heinze was co-chief conductor of the MSO with Hart, and sole chief conductor until 1950.

In 1929 Bernard Heinze was appointed music adviser to the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Bernard Heinze conducted overseas orchestras: on 14 January 1947, he was the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in the professional concerto debut of the 14-year-old Glenn Gould, who played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4.

Bernard Heinze died on 10 June 1982, aged 87, in Bellevue Hill, Sydney, survived by his wife Valerie nee Hennessy.

Bernard Heinze became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1931.

Bernard Heinze was knighted in 1949, the first Australian musician to receive this honour.