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{{Short description|Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth}}
{{Other uses|Swarovski (disambiguation)}}
{{Other uses|Svárovský}}
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[[File:Swarowsky Class.png|thumb|180px|right|Swarowsky, teaching in [[Ossiach]], Austria, 1972]]
'''Hans Swarowsky''' (September 16, 1899{{spaced ndash}}September 10, 1975<ref name="Schirmer">{{cite book|title= Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |editor=Slonimsky, N. |editor2=Kuhn, L.|year=2001|publisher=Schirmer|volume=6 |location=New York|page=3551}}</ref>) was an [[Austria]]n [[conducting|conductor]] of [[Hungary|Hungarian]] birth.
 
Swarowsky was born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. He studied the art of conducting under [[Felix Weingartner]] and [[Richard Strauss]].<ref name="Supra">[[Jiří Vysloužil]], Liner notes, ''Mahler Symphony No 4'' Released by [[Supraphon]], 1988</ref> His teachers in musical theory included [[Arnold Schoenberg]] and [[Anton Webern]].<ref name="Schirmer"/>

[[Herbert von Karajan]] invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the [[Vienna State Opera]].<ref name="Supra" /><!-- Not sure when this happened. -->

He became a [[professor]] of [[conducting]] at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Vienna Music Academy]]. His many conducting students included [[Claudio Abbado]], [[Mariss Jansons]], [[Alexis Hauser]], [[Alexander Alexeev (conductor)|Alexander Alexeev]], [[Zubin Mehta]],<ref name="Schirmer" /> Leonid Nikolaev, [[Paul Angerer]], [[Ádám Fischer|Ádám]] and  [[Iván Fischer]], Avi Ostrowsky [[Jesús López-Cobos]], Gustav Meier, [[Ewa Michnik]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kosińska |first=Małgorzata |date=24 March 2017 |title=Ewa Michnik {{!}} Życie i twórczość {{!}} Artysta |url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/ewa-michnik |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Culture.pl |language=pl}}</ref> [[Miltiades Caridis]], [[Aleksandr Alekseyev (conductor)|Aleksandr Alekseyev]], [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]], [[Gianluigi Gelmetti]], [[Brian Jackson (conductor)|Brian Jackson]], [[Alfred Prinz]], [[Bryan Fairfax]], [[James Allen Gähres]], [[Albert Rosen]] and [[Bruno Weil]],[[Wolfgang Harrer]]. Otmar Suitner was Hans Swarowsky's successor at the Vienna Music Academy. Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication ''Wahrung der Gestalt'' (Keeping Shape), which today serves as an encyclopaedia for performance and conducting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Swarowsky|first=Hans|author2=Huss, Manfred|title=Wahrung der Gestalt: Schriften über Werk u. Wiedergabe, Stil u. Interpretation in d. Musik|location=Vienna|publisher=Universal Edition|year=1979|isbn=3-7024-0138-5 }}</ref>
From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (now the Royal Scottish N.O.).

He died in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], less than a week before his 76th birthday.<ref name="Schirmer"/>

== Selected recordings ==
For the Official Discography browse [https://www.hansswarowsky.com/en/1215-discography.php here].

*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]: [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)|Piano concerto n°2]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Saint-Saëns)|Piano concerto n°5]], Orazio Frugoni (piano), Pro Musica Orchestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8410 (rec.1954)

*[[Felix Mendelssohn]]: [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto]], [[Ivry Gitlis]] (violin), Pro Musica Orchestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8840 (rec.1954)

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q55628}}
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* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Swarowsky-Hans.htm Hans Swarowsky] at the [[Bach Cantatas Website]]
* {{IMDb name|0841922}}
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Jul14/Swarowsky_forgotten.htm Essay by Christopher Howell on Hans Swarowsky's life and recordings] at the [[MusicWeb International Website]]

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