What is Joseph Silverstein?
'''Joseph Silverstein''' (March 21, 1932 &ndash; November 22, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[violin]]ist and [[Conducting|conductor]]. He was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. In 1962, Silverstein became concertmaster of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], a job he held for 22 years. He was appointed assistant conductor in 1971. He was music director of the [[Utah Symphony]] from 1983 to 1998. He has served as a professor of violin at the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. Silverstein died on November 21, 2015 in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] from a [[heart attack]] at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/arts/music/joseph-silverstein-longtime-boston-symphony-orchestra-concertmaster-dies-at-83.html | title=Silverstein, Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Dies at 83 | work=New York Times | author=David Allen | date=2015-11-28 | access-date=2017-07-03}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.utahsymphony.org/about_history.php Utah Symphony Orchestra history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011020437/http://www.utahsymphony.org/about_history.php |date=2012-10-11 }} *[http://www.portlandsymphony.com/Person-100.html Portland Symphony Orchestra page on Silverstein]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Silverstein, Joseph}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American conductors]] [[Category:Educators from Detroit]] [[Category:American violinists]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Musicians from Detroit]] [[Category:Musicians from Boston]] [[Category:Educators from Boston]] {{US-bio-stub}}