Alfred Wallenstein Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Alfred Wallenstein (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American cellist and conductor, born in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 17, he joined the San Francisco Symphony as a cellist. He subsequently played cello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before becoming principal cello of the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini in 1929. He frequently performed with these orchestras as a soloist.Toscanini, also a cellist, advised Wallenstein to become a conductor. He conducted the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and then conducted frequently on the radio. From 1943 to 1956, he was music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He later taught at the Juilliard School in New York, where he died in 1983 at age 84.In 1941, Wallenstein was given a personal Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music.He was a descendant of Albrecht von Wallenstein.
He began studying the cello at the age of 8. By the time he was 13, he was touring as a soloist; in 1916, when he was 18, he became a member of the San Francisco Symphony. In 1917, he toured Central and South America as accompanist for Pavlowa. In 1919 he became a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 835-837. New York: Charles Scribner's.
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Musical director of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, 1943-1956. Believed to be the first American-born person to be appointed conductor of a major US orchestra.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Voice of Firestone
1959
TV Series
Conductor
Producers' Showcase
1956
TV Series
Conductor
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
NBC Television Opera Theatre
1964
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
S. Hurok Presents - Part III
1969
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
NBC Television Opera Theatre
1964
TV Series
Himself - Conductor
The Jack Benny Program
1956
TV Series
Himself
Poet and Peasant Overture
1955
Short
Himself
Known for movies
Poet and Peasant Overture (1955) as Himself
S. Hurok Presents - Part III (1969) as Himself - Conductor
NBC Television Opera Theatre (1964) as Music Department
$3 Million
