Milton Katims
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Milton Katims (June 24, 1909 to February 27, 2006) was an American violist and conductor.
He was the music director of the Seattle Symphony for 22 years (1954–76).
In that time, he created more than 75 works, made films, premiered new works, and led the orchestra on several tours.
He expanded the orchestra's series of family and suburban outreach performances.
He is also known for his numerous transcriptions and viola configurations.
Career
Katims was born in Brooklyn and attended Columbia University. His parents were from Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. About a year after his father's arrival in New York, he changed Katimsky's surname. He started as a violinist, but Léon Barzin, a Belgian-born conductor, and educator, advised him to change to viola. Katims performed with a number of chamber music ensembles, including the New York Piano Quartet, and he was an extra violist with the Budapest String Quartet, with whom he collaborated for 15 years and produced six critically acclaimed albums, beginning in 1941. He appeared at various festivals in Puerto Rico, including the Casals Festival.
Katims taught viola master classes in China and Israel, as well as the University of Washington, and transcribed and edited viola music. He joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1943, replacing William Primrose on the firstdesk of the section. During his decade with the orchestra, Katims forged a close friendship with conductor Arturo Toscanini and became his assistant. He conducted orchestras for the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, London Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Montreal Symphony. In the Spanish Ballroom of the Olympic Hotel's Golden Ballroom, he arranged a series of chamber music recitals named Candlelight Musicales, which featured visiting soloists such as violinist Isaac Stern, cellist Leonard Rose, and pianists Leon Fleisher and Claudio Arrau. Katims would often perform his viola and his partner, Virginia, the cello. The transformation of the Civic Auditorium into the Opera House was one of Katims' most notable achievements in Seattle. His leadership was instrumental in securing public funds for the project, with the auditorium destined to be shared by Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, as well as the Seattle Symphony.
Katims was named Seattle's "First Citizen" by the Seattle Real Estate Board in 1966, and his image was included on the Seattle telephone book's front page. Katims was Artistic Director of the University of Houston School of Music from 1976 to 1985. Due to his fame, the school was able to recruit and keep some well-known musicians, such as Carlisle Floyd, Elena Nikolaidi, and Abbey Simon.