Vincent DeFrank

Vincent DeFrank (1915–1998) was an American conductor and cellist, founder of The Memphis Symphony (MSO). He was born in New York and studied violin from 1920 to 1933 before switching to a cello. DeFrank also attended the Juilliard School to study conducting in the late thirties and took advanced cello lessons from Fritz Magg at the Indiana University in 1950–52.