Balaban, Emanuel 27.jan.1895-17.apr.1973 USA NY, New York Brooklyn - NY, New York
pianist, conductor, 1914-1917 studied at the Juilliard School of Musical Art, 1922-1924 private study in Dresden Germany, studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Artur Schnabel, Kurt Striegler, Joseph Mraczek and Fritz Busch, 1927-1944 head of the Opera Department at the Eastman School of Music, 1944-1946 director of the Ballet Russe, 1948 director of the United Nations Orchestra ; son of Joseph Balaban and Olga Liebman ; 27.jul.1942 he married Priscilla Brown