Carl von Garaguly

[1] Garaguly was a child prodigy,[2] performing in public from the age of 6, having received his first violin lessons from his father.

[4] During war service he made concert tours for the Red Cross before teaching for a time at the Conservatory of Arad, Transylvannia.

[4] Garaguly began his association with the Stockholm Concert Society (today the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1930 as deputy leader, in which post he also performed solos in concert works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Pergament, Berwald, Mendelssohn and Hubay.

[4] Garaguly's appointment was not universally welcomed, with some criticizing the orchestra board for not giving the job to Tor Mann.

In addition, Kurt Atterberg attacked Garaguly's nomination because he was not born in Sweden (although he had lived there for half his life and was married to a Swedish woman).

He was conductor of the Arnhem Symphony Orchestra (officially called Het Gelders Orkest (HGO) in Dutch) from 1959 to 1972, and the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark from 1965 to 1979, while also returning to Stockholm to guest conduct.

[7] Berlin Classics have issued recordings of Garaguly conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius Symphonies 1 and 7, the Háry János Suite by Kodály, pieces by Johann Strauss and a suite from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op.

[9] A recording of Garaguly conducting for Jussi Björling on 9 June 1954 in Bergen has been issued on the Bluebell label.