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Mitropoulos, Dimitri

ʻO Mitropoulos ka mea pena kiʻi mua loa i hāʻawi ʻia e Helene hou i ka honua. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma ʻAtenai, ke keiki a ka mea kālepa ʻili. Ua manaʻo mua kona mau mākua iā ia e lilo i kahuna, a laila hoʻāʻo lākou e ʻike iā ia he luina. Akā makemake ʻo Dimitri i ke mele mai ka wā kamaliʻi a hiki iā ia ke hōʻoia i nā mea āpau i kona wā e hiki mai ana. I kona mau makahiki he ʻumikūmāhā, ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i nā keaka mele kahiko ma ka puʻuwai, hoʻokani maikaʻi i ka piano - a ʻoiai ʻo kona wā ʻōpiopio, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia i ka Conservatory Athens. Ua aʻo ʻo Mitropoulos ma ʻaneʻi ma ka piano a me ka haku mele, kākau mele. Ma waena o kāna mau haku mele ʻo "Beatrice" i ka kikokikona a Maeterlinck, kahi i hoʻoholo ai nā luna conservatory e kau i nā haumāna. Ua hele ʻo C. Saint-Saens i kēia hana. Ma muli o ke kālena maikaʻi o ka mea kākau, nāna i alakaʻi i kāna haku mele, ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana iā ia ma kekahi o nā nūpepa Parisian a kōkua iā ia e loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā conservatories ma Brussels (me P. Gilson) a me Berlin (me F. . Busoni).

Ma hope o kona hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, ua hana ʻo Mitropoulos ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi ma ka Berlin State Opera mai 1921-1925. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia e ke alakaʻi ʻana a aneane haʻalele ʻo ia i ka haku mele a me ka piano. I ka makahiki 1924, lilo ka mea pena kiʻi ʻōpio i alakaʻi o ka Athens Symphony Orchestra a hoʻomaka koke i ka kaulana. Hele 'o ia i Farani, Kelemānia, 'Enelani, Italia a me nā'āina'ē a'e, nā huaka'i i ka USSR, kahi i mahalo nui 'ia ai kāna hana. I kēlā mau makahiki, hoʻokani ka mea pena Helene i ka Prokofiev's Third Concerto me ka nani kūikawā, me ka hoʻokani piano a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka orchestra.

I ka makahiki 1936, ma ke kono a S. Koussevitzky, ua huakaʻi ʻo Mitropoulos i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka manawa mua. A ʻekolu makahiki ma hope mai, ma mua koke o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ʻAmelika a lilo koke ʻo ia i hoʻokahi o nā alakaʻi punahele a kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis nā pae o kona ola a me kāna ʻoihana. E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 1949, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia (ma mua me Stokowski) kekahi o nā hui ʻAmelika maikaʻi loa, ʻo New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Ua maʻi ʻo ia, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kēia pou i ka makahiki 1958, akā a hiki i kona mau lā hope ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana hoʻokani ma ka Metropolitan Opera a kaʻahele nui i ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa.

Ua lilo nā makahiki o ka hana ma ʻAmelika i manawa o ka pōmaikaʻi no Mitropoulos. Ua kaulana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he unuhi ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa o nā mele kahiko, he mea hoʻolaha ikaika i nā mele hou. ʻO Mitropoulos ka mea mua i hoʻolauna i nā hana he nui a nā haku haku ʻEulopa i ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika; ma waena o nā hana mua i mālama ʻia ma New York ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana ʻo D. Shostakovich's Violin Concerto (me D. Oistrakh) a me S. Prokofiev's Symphony Concerto (me M. Rostropovich).

Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Mitropoulos ʻo "ka alakaʻi pohihihi". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻokoʻa loa kona ʻano i waho - ua alakaʻi ʻo ia me ka lāʻau ʻole, me ka laconic loa, i kekahi manawa aneane ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka lehulehu, ka neʻe ʻana o kona mau lima a me nā lima. ʻAʻole naʻe kēia i pale iā ia mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mana hōʻike nui o ka hana, ka pono o ke ʻano mele. Ua kākau ʻo D. Yuen ka mea hoʻohewa ʻAmelika: “He virtuoso ʻo Mitropoulos i waena o nā alakaʻi. Hoʻokani ʻo ia me kāna orkestra ʻoiai ʻo Horowitz e hoʻokani ana i ka piano, me ka bravura a me ka wikiwiki. Hoʻomaka koke ia e ʻike ʻaʻohe pilikia o kāna ʻenehana: pane ka mea hoʻokani pila i kāna "pā" me he piano lā. Hōʻike ʻia kāna mau ʻōuli he ʻano kala. ʻO ka lahilahi, koʻikoʻi, e like me ka mōneka, ke komo ʻo ia i ke kahua, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi koke i ke ʻano o ke kaʻa i loko ona. Akā ke kahe ka mele ma lalo o kona mau lima, ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo ia. ʻO kēlā me kēia wahi o kona kino e neʻe me ka puolo me ke mele. E kīkoʻo ana kona mau lima i ke ākea, a ʻo kona mau manamana lima e ʻohi i nā leo a pau o ka etera. Hōʻike kona helehelena i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ke mele āna e alakaʻi ai: eia ua piha i ka ʻeha, i kēia manawa ua haki ia i kahi minoʻaka. E like me kekahi virtuoso, hoʻopiʻi ʻo Mitropoulos i ka lehulehu ʻaʻole wale me ka hōʻike ʻana o nā pyrotechnics, akā me kona ʻano holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā ia ka mana kilokilo a Toscanini e hoʻoulu ai i ka uila i ka manawa e piʻi ai ʻo ia i ke kahua. Ke hāʻule nei ka mea hoʻokani pila a me ka poʻe anaina ma lalo o kona mana, me he mea lā e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ʻia. ʻOiai ma ka lekiō hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kona hele ʻana. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke aloha iā Mitropoulos, akā ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke mālama ʻole iā ia. A ʻo ka poʻe makemake ʻole i kāna wehewehe ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole i ka lawe ʻana o kēia kanaka i kāna poʻe hoʻolohe me ia me kona ikaika, kona ʻiʻini, kona makemake. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he akamai ʻo ia i ka poʻe a pau i lohe iā ia… ".

L. Grigoriev, J. Platek