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Bernard Heinze Bernard Heinze i(A106927 works by) (a.k.a. Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze)
Born: Established: 1 Jul 1894 Shepparton, Shepparton area, Goulburn - Campaspe area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Jun 1982 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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An Australian conductor and academic Bernard Heinze played a significant role in his country's musical and cultural development during the early to mid-twentieth century. Among the positions he held during his career were Director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, and chief conductor for both the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic (1927- ca. 1960s) and the ABC (1933-1950). He was also guest conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in 1939. He introduced Australian audiences to the works of Anton Bruckner, Dmitri Shostakovich, Béla Bartók and William Walton, and promoted Australian composers. In 1949 he became the first Australian ever to be knighted for services to music.

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