17 Facts About Eugen Jochum

Eugen Jochum was a German conductor, best known for his interpretations of the music of Anton Bruckner, Carl Orff, and Johannes Brahms, among others.

Eugen Jochum was born to a Roman Catholic family in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany; his father was an organist and conductor.

Eugen Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg, enrolling in its Academy of Music from 1914 to 1922.

Eugen Jochum made his conducting debut with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1926 in a program which included Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

Eugen Jochum turned down an offer to conduct twelve concerts with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, believing that his repertory and experience were not yet equal to it.

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In 1934 Eugen Jochum succeeded Karl Bohm as musical director of the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Philharmonic.

Eugen Jochum performed music by composers such as Hindemith and Bartok elsewhere banned by the Nazis.

Eugen Jochum continued to serve at Hamburg until 1949, then left when the newly reconstituted Bayerischer Rundfunk appointed him the founding music director of its new orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Eugen Jochum remained music director of the orchestra until 1961; with it, he made numerous recordings, mostly for Deutsche Grammophon.

From 1961 to 1963, Eugen Jochum was joint chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra alongside Bernard Haitink.

Eugen Jochum conducted frequently in London, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Eugen Jochum later worked regularly with the Staatskapelle Dresden, with which he recorded the complete symphonies of Bruckner and "London" symphonies of Joseph Haydn .

Eugen Jochum led the world premieres of various works, including the Concerto for Strings by Boris Blacher, the Concerte per il principe Eugenio by Alberto Bruno Tedeschi, the Suite Francaise by Werner Egk, the Tanz-Rondo by Gottfried von Einem, and the Symphony No 6 by Karl Amadeus Hartmann.

Eugen Jochum was a regular recording artist, from his first records in 1932.

Eugen Jochum made two complete recordings of the symphonies of Johannes Brahms, one with the Berlin Philharmonic in the mid-1950s, the other with the London Philharmonic in 1977.

Eugen Jochum's 1967 recording of Carmina Burana is considered by Bill Alford to be an authoritative interpretation, as Orff himself was present during the recording and endorsed the finished product.

Eugen Jochum's daughter Veronica Jochum is a pianist on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.