Subtitle:

Oral History with Ernest Fleischmann

Series:

Interviews not in a series, part two

Topic:

Music

Biographical Note:

Executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl.

Interviewer:

Cline, Alex D.

Interviewee:

Fleischmann, Ernest

Persons Present:

Fleischmann and Cline.

Place Conducted:

Fleischmann's home in Los Angeles, California.

Supporting Documents:

Records relating to the interview are located in the office of UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.

Interviewer Background and Preparation:

The interview was conducted by Alex Cline, senior writer, UCLA Oral History Program; musician.In April of 2009, Jeffrey P. Hayden, then executive director of the Ojai Music Festival, met with staff from the UCLA Library to discuss the possibility of conducting short oral histories with the festival’s past artistic directors. Since the UCLA Center for Oral History Research had already conducted a full-life, multi-session oral history interview with former artistic director Ernest Fleischmann, it was decided that the original interviewer, Alex Cline, would conduct the session with Mr. Fleischmann. The resulting interview, while adding to the life history interview already conducted with Fleischmann, also serves as a contribution to the Ojai Music Festival’s archive documenting its important and illustrious history.

Processing of Interview:

The transcript is a verbatim transcription of the recording as transcribed by a professional transcribing agency. The interviewee was given an opportunity to review the transcript but made no corrections or additions.

Length:

1.25 hrs

Language:

English

Copyright:

Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.

Audio:

Lawrence Morton--Ara Guzelimian—Impressions of Ojai—Mitsuko Uchida—Organization of festival—The Symposium—Featured composers—Becoming artistic director—Outstanding memories—Selecting artists--Pierre Boulez—Relationship with Board—Reflections on legacy—Relationship to festival after stepping down