Peter Tiboris

Tiboris was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on October 31, 1947. His father, Ernest Peter Tiboris, was a dentist from Sheboygan, and his mother, Stella Menas, was a first-generation Orthodox Greek-American from Waukegan, Illinois.{{cite web | title=Sheboygan native Maestro Peter Tiboris passes away | website=Sheboygan Sun | date=September 20, 2024 | url=https://www.sheboygansun.com/news/sheboygan-native-maestro-peter-tiboris-passes-away/article_d01f77ce-7793-11ef-b232-53f9a978e2c1.html | access-date=September 22, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Alioto | first=Harriett Menos | title=Stella Tiboris Obituary (2012) | website=Legacy.com | date=September 25, 2012 | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sheboyganpress/name/stella-tiboris-obituary?id=23478463 | access-date=September 22, 2024}}

Tiboris' interests in Greek culture and music began at age five with piano lessons and continued at age nine with organ lessons given by Peter Murtos of the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Sheboygan. At age 10 he became St. Spyridon's organist. Tiboris studied music education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a bachelor's degree (B.M.) in 1970 and a master's degree (M.S.) in 1974.{{cite web | title=Professional Personnel | website=MidAmerica Productions Inc. | date=July 1, 1983 | url=https://www.midamerica-music.com/professional-personnel | access-date=September 22, 2024}}{{cite web | last=Christopher | first=Dean | title=Tiboris Presents Festival Of The Aegean | website=Leadership 100 | date=March 1, 2009 | url=https://l100.org/news/tbro46scf3k40erwe5p2dyg4shq7kf | access-date=September 22, 2024}}

In 1980, he received a doctorate (Ed.D) in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.{{cite web | last=Zachariadi | first=Eirini | title=Maestro Peter Tiboris: Celebrating 40 years of Concerts from NYC to Macao to St. Petersburg | website=The National Herald | date=November 11, 2023 | url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/maestro-peter-tiboris-celebrating-40-years-of-concerts-from-nyc-to-macao-to-st-petersburg/ | access-date=September 22, 2024}} Between 1970 and 1983, he taught as associate professor of music at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette (now called University of Louisiana at Lafayette).{{Cite web|url=https://www.neomagazine.com/2016/06/music-community-innovation-celebrating-maestro-peter-tiboris/|title=Music, Community & Innovation: Celebrating Maestro Peter Tiboris – NEO Magazine}}

While serving as associate professor in Louisiana in 1983, Tiboris was asked to organize a concert in New York City to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Archbishop Iakovos as Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America. The concert, on January 7, 1984, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, brought together soloists, choruses from Louisiana and New York, and the American Symphony Orchestra for a Greek-themed program which included the world premiere of Dinos Constantinides' Hymn to the Human Spirit and the New York premiere of his Lament of Antigone. The concert was also the New York conducting debut of Tiboris and the inaugural concert of MidAmerica Productions. A review of Tiboris' first concert, written by Tim Page from The New York Times, deemed Tiboris' New York conducting debut "vigorous... alert, energetic."Tim Page, [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/09/arts/musicnoted-in-brief-rossini-s-stabat-mater-at-alice-tully-hall.html "Rossini's 'Stabat Mater' At Alice Tully Hall"], The New York Times, January 9, 1984

Tiboris conducted many works in the choral repertoire as well as symphonic works, operas, and ballets, including Taneyev,{{cite web | last=Kozinn | first=Allan | title=OPERA REVIEW; Murder in Ancient Greece, Accompanied by Choirs | website=The New York Times | date=22 June 2004 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/arts/opera-review-murder-in-ancient-greece-accompanied-by-choirs.html | access-date=23 September 2024}} and Mikis Theodorakis,{{cite web | last=Kozinn | first=Allan | title=MUSIC REVIEW; Oracular And Talky, An 'Electra' By a Greek | website=The New York Times | date=13 June 2000 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/13/arts/music-review-oracular-and-talky-an-electra-by-a-greek.html | access-date=23 September 2024}} as well as rarely performed works by CherubiniBernard Holland, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EFD61731F936A35755C0A9609C8B63 "Intrigue and Vengeance Revel in the Sounds of Cherubini"], The New York Times, June 5, 2006 and Rossini.{{cite web | last=Eichler | first=Jeremy | title=OPERA REVIEW; Post-Trojan War Turmoil in a Rarely Heard Rossini | website=The New York Times | date=5 June 2003 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/arts/opera-review-post-trojan-war-turmoil-in-a-rarely-heard-rossini.html | access-date=23 September 2024}} He also conducted in more than 20 countries. In March 2016, he made his Asian conducting debut with the Macau Symphony Orchestra in China.

MidAmerica Productions has presented over 1,500 concerts worldwide,{{cite web | last = Pond | first = Neil | title=Remembering Peter Tiboris: A Legacy of Music and Celebration at Carnegie Hall | website=MSNN | date=September 18, 2024 | url=https://www.msnn.co.uk/remembering-peter-tiboris-a-legacy-of-music-and-celebration-at-carnegie-hall/ | access-date=September 22, 2024}}{{cite web | title=Remembering Peter Tiboris | website=MidAmerica Productions Inc. | date=September 17, 2024 | url=https://www.midamerica-music.com/in-memoriam | access-date=September 22, 2024}} including over 1,000 concerts in New York, in such venues as Stern Auditorium, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. The original choral format has expanded to include Madrigal Festivals, a National Wind Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Festivals, National Festival Youth Orchestra, Sweet Adelines, and solo concerts featuring Stanley Drucker. Since 1988, English composer and conductor John Rutter has made over 100 appearances with MidAmerica, including at the world premiere of his Mass of the Children in February 2003.{{cite web | title=Greek-American Conductor and Producer Peter Tiboris marks 35 years in a Global Career | website=Greek Portal | date=14 September 2017 | url=https://hellenicnews.com/greek-american-conductor-producer-peter-tiboris-marks-35-years-global-career/ | access-date=22 September 2024}}

The company has become a launching pad for Elysium Recordings, Inc.,{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Royal S.|title=On to Elysium: An Interview with Peter Tiboris|journal=Fanfare|date=July 1995|volume=18|issue=6}} a CD label founded in 1995 which includes significant works by Mascagni{{cite | last=Mascagni | first=Pietro | last2=Lappalainen | first2=Eilana | last3=Larmore | first3=Jennifer | last4=Targioni-Tozzetti | first4=Giovanni | last5=Tiboris | first5=Peter | author6=Academic Choir Žerotin | author7=The Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic | title=Mascagni: Zanetto | publisher=Qualiton – ERI Elysium | year=2009 | oclc=1155719177 | page=}} and performances by Lukas Foss.{{cite | last=Foss | first=Lukas | last2=Quint | first2=Philippe | author3=Lukas Foss with Philippe Quint | title=Foss plays Foss | publisher=Elysium Records / Qualiton | year=2006 | oclc=1155693473 | page=}}{{cite | last=Bach | first=Johann Sebastian | last2=Foss | first2=Lukas | last3=Mann | first3=Elizabeth | last4=Feeney | first4=John | author5=Elysium String Quartet | title=Foss Plays Bach | publisher=Elysium Records / Qualiton | year=2005 | oclc=1155703450 | page=}}{{cite | last=Foss | first=Lukas | last2=Drucker | first2=Stanley | last3=Kim | first3=Chin | last4=Breslaw | first4=Irene | last5=Tu | first5=Qiang | last6=Mozart | first6=Wolfgang Amadeus | title=Foss plays Mozart | publisher=Elysium Recordings, Inc. | publication-place=New York | year=2002 | oclc=51326206 | language=zxx | page=}} They founded an annual music festival in Greece, the Festival of the Aegean, on the Island of Syros, with performances of music including opera, orchestra, jazz and folk.{{cite web | title=The Man Who Turned Syros Into A Classical Music Destination | website=Greece Is | date=13 July 2017 | url=https://www.greece-is.com/news/man-turned-syros-classical-music-destination/ | access-date=22 September 2024}} Tiboris founded MidAm International, Inc., a producer of concerts in Europe and Asia.{{cite web | title=About Us | website=MidAmerica Productions Inc. | date=7 January 1984 | url=https://www.midamerica-music.com/about-us | access-date=22 September 2024}}

Tiboris was married to the soprano Eilana Lappalainen; he had two children from a previous marriage.{{cite web | last=Kouremenos | first=Achilleas | title=MidAmerica Productions Announces the Passing of Founder Peter Tiboris | website=The National Herald | date=September 18, 2024 | url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/midamerica-productions-announces-the-passing-of-founder-peter-tiboris/ | access-date=September 22, 2024}} His son E. Peter Tiboris, became chairman of the board of MidAmerica Productions. Tiboris wrote an autobiography together with Alex Kitroeff, released in 2024 to mark the 40th anniversary of MidAmerica Productions, A Musical Odyssey.[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MidAmerica-Productions-Founder-Peter-Tiboris-Has-Passed-Away-20240917 MidAmerica Productions Founder Peter Tiboris Has Passed Away]

Tiboris died on September 17, 2024, at the age of 76.

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