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Alan Iglitzin (born November 7, 1931) is a violist and string quartet player. He was a member of the Philadelphia String Quartet and founded the Olympic Music Festival on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state.
Professional career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Alan Iglitzin was born in Harlem in 1931 and started playing violin when he was 6 years old; he attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan.[1] He studied with Scottish violist William Primrose.[2] He studied at Long Island University and later on did graduate work at Hunter College and the University of Minnesota. For several years he was associated with the Aspen Music Festival.[3] In 1953 Iglitzin joined the Minneapolis Symphony and was its assistant solo violist for six years. By 1960, Iglitzin joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was the assistant solo violist and principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.[4]
Philadelphia String Quartet
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In 1960, Iglitzin, with three other members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, co-founded the Philadelphia String Quartet, with whom he was the violist. The other members were Veda Reynolds, first violinist; Irwin Eisenberg, second violinist; and Charles Brennand, cellist. While the members were still playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra, they worked as a quartet, culminating in a six-concert Carnegie Hall debut.[5][6]
The group cut ties with the orchestra in 1966 under significant resistance from its administration.[7][8] Moving to Seattle, they became the quartet-in-residence of the University of Washington.
The Philadelphia String Quartet made tours of South America, Europe[9] and the United States.[10] In 1968, the US State Department invited the Philadelphia String Quartet to become the first American string quartet to perform in India.[11] The quartet performed many new works and premiers.[12][13] Iglitzin and the quartet also performed as part of the UW Contemporary Group which played all new music.[14] Iglitzin, with the Philadelphia String Quartet, recorded music of American composers, including George Rochberg and Paul Chihara.[15]
Olympic Music Festival
[edit]Alan started the Olympic Music Festival in 1984, originally intending it to be the summer home for the Philadelphia String Quartet, who had come to Seattle in 1966 as the University of Washington’s Quartet-in-Residence. The festival was originally held at Trillium Woods Farm in Quilcene, Washington, a property that once belonged to the Iseri family (Japanese immigrants who had come to Jefferson County and bought the property in 1913. The property was taken away from the Iseri family during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II).[16] After 32 years of concerts in the barn in Quilcene, the Olympic Music Festival moved to Port Townsend. Since then, the farm in Quilcene has featured the "Concerts in the Barn" summer series, featuring the Carpe Diem String Quartet.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "PT LEADER: "Violist Alan Iglitzin guides Olympic Music Festival"". Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Alan Iglitzin". Olympic Music Festival. The Olympic Music Festival. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF LECTURES AND CONCERTS Presents Philadelphia String Quartet Mozart Festival 1979". digital.lib.washington.edu.
- ^ "PT LEADER: "Violist Alan Iglitzin guides Olympic Music Festival"". Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "About: String Quartet No. 1, BB 52". data.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "PHILADELPHIA STRING QUARTET | THE NORTHWEST MUSIC ARCHIVES". nwmusicarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "TIME Magazine -- U.S. Edition -- October 7, 1966 Vol. 88 No. 15". content.time.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ TIME (1966-10-07). "Orchestras: Flying the Coop". TIME. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "Konzerte". www.kammermusik.org. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "Philadelphia, Tokyo and Guarneri string quartets to perform" (PDF). library.ucsd.edu. 1976-09-07.
- ^ "The Philadelphia String Quartet - Veda Reynolds and Irwin Eisenberg, violins / Albert Iglitzin, viola / Charles Brennand, cello (2 concerts)". The Poona Music Society. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ "DRAM: Irwin Eisenberg". www.dramonline.org. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE OFFICE OF LECTURES AND CONCERTS present The Music of John Verrall". digital.lib.washington.edu.
- ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE OFFICE OF LECTURES AID CONCERTS Present THE CONTEMPORARY GROUP". digital.lib.washington.edu.
- ^ "DRAM: Irwin Eisenberg". www.dramonline.org. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ^ "PT LEADER: Uncovering hidden family history". www.ptleader.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ "Uncovering hidden family history". www.ptleader.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 2025-06-18.