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Neil Chotem was born on 9 September, 1920 in Canada, is a Canadian composer (1920–2008). Discover Neil Chotem's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Occupation composer,music_department,soundtrack
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 9 September 1920
Birthday 9 September
Birthplace Canada
Date of death 21 February, 2008
Died Place Greenfield Park, Longueuil, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1920

Neil Chotem (9 September 1920 – 21 February 2008) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and music educator.

Chotem's compositional style is tonal, and often incorporates elements of jazz and popular music.

He composed a considerable body of works for television and radio and also wrote music for a number of leading Canadian performers like Maureen Forrester, Paul Piché, and Michel Rivard.

1930

He became a pupil of Lyell Gustin in 1930 with whom he studied for almost the next nine years.

He began his career as a concert pianist in the early 1930s, making his first appearance with an orchestra in 1933 playing Camille Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Regina Symphony Orchestra.

1934

He also studied with Jeannette Durno in Chicago in 1934.

1935

He was highly active as a concert pianist, recitalist, and radio performer in Winnipeg where he lived with his family between 1935 and 1939.

The outbreak of World War II interfered with his early career, although he did perform a number of recitals in western Canadian cities and appeared in concerts as a duo-pianist with Gordon Kushner.

1942

From 1942 to 1945 he was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

After leaving the RCAF, Chotem lived in Montreal where he worked actively as not only a concert pianist by also a composer and conductor.

1946

He also continued further studies in piano with Michel Hirvy from 1946 to 1950.

In November 1946 he toured Canada as the accompanist for Austrian tenor Richard Tauber and in 1947 he appeared on screen in the film La Forteresse playing André Mathieu's Concerto de Québec.

From 1946 to 1948 he played in a jazz trio with bassist Lucien Gravel and drummer Donat Gariépy, notably appearing in a series of broadcasts for CBC Radio.

1947

He made his first appearance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra playing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and César Franck's Symphonic Variations on 4 April 1947.

1955

As a pianist he made a number of recordings, gave concerts in many important Canadian concert halls, and worked as an arranger and performer for the program Music from Montreal from 1955 to 1960.

He also taught on the music faculties of several Canadian universities and conservatories, including McGill University (1955–1956, 1970–1976), the University of Montreal (1970–1972), and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (1973–1976) among others.

Some of his notable pupils include Hugh Davidson, Marcel Lévêque, Galt MacDermot, and Art Phillips.

He was an associate of the Canadian Music Centre.

He died in Greenfield Park, Quebec, aged 87.

1960

He continued to perform regularly with Canadian orchestras and on Canadian radio and television up through the 1960s.

1968

In 1968 he, Paul de Margerie, and Marcel Lévêque were awarded a Montreal Festival du disque prize for 3-12, an LP for which the three men all worked together as conductors and arrangers.

He received another prize from that same organization that same year for Renée Claude's recording of his arrangement of Jacques Brel's song Ne me quitte pas.

1969

As conductor, Chotem made several recordings with the CBC Montreal Orchestra and was a guest conductor with several prominent Canadian orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (the summers 1969–1972), the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (1970–1972), and the National Arts Centre Orchestra among others.

1976

For the progressive rock band Harmonium he wrote, arranged and conducted the orchestral score for their critically acclaimed double album L'Heptade (1976).

1993

In 1993, he received the Prix de la Guilde from the Guilde des musiciens du Québec.

Chotem was born in Saskatoon, and began studying the piano at the age of 5 at the Palmer School of Music.