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Samuel Lewis (2)

[b]Please, use [a593439] for the American lyricist and singer[/b] British classical musician (violinist & violist), conductor, and music publisher. Born in 1936 in London's East End, England, UK. He joined the [a=National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain] as a violinist and, aged 18, [a=The Band Of The Royal Artillery] as a violist. Trained at the [l290263]. He then was accepted as a viola player, at age 21, by the [a=London Symphony Orchestra] staying with the orchestra for seven years. Moved to conducting, composition and arranging, studying with [a=Lawrence Leonard] and [a=Cyril Ornadel], and touring internationally. He then went to New York City, USA and studied orchestration. In 1968, he became [a4740033]'s general manager for four years. In 1973, he became general manager, musical director and lead conductor of the newly formed [b]Netanya Symphony Orchestra[/b]. The orchestra collapsed in 1990-1991. Lewis returned to London and visited some of the music publishing companies he had been in contact with while directing the Netanya orchestra. At the office of [l=Boosey & Hawkes], he met with the general manager, who happened to be an old army buddy and fellow orchestra musician. He told him that his company held copyrights to the music of several deceased 20th-century conductors who had not yet been dead 70 years and asked if he wanted to be the company's agent in Israel. Lewis has served in that capacity ever since. As the Israel agent for not only Boosey & Hawkes but seven or eight other major music publishers, Lewis has controlled the copyrights and license arrangements for many modern classical composers. He has also been responsible for promoting modern classical music in Israel.