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Serge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky; Russian: Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj]; 26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1874 – 4 June 1951) was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as ...
May 31, 2024 · Serge Koussevitzky (born July 14 [July 26, New Style], 1874, Vyshny Volochyok, Russia—died June 4, 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a Russian-born American conductor and publisher, a champion of modern music who commissioned and performed many important new works.
This season’s BSO archival exhibits focus on the legacy of Serge Koussevitzky, the BSO’s 9th conductor, and the first to hold the title of Music Director. The year 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of Koussevitzky’s birth and the 100th anniversary of his appointment as leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
3 days ago · Over his 25-year tenure with the BSO, Serge Koussevitzky was equally at home collaborating with musicians well-established on the world stage—such as Rachmaninoff, Heifetz, Zimbalist, or Piatigorsky—as he was with nurturing early career soloists such as Jesús María Sanromá, Ruth Posselt, Dorothy Maynor, and Lukas Foss.
In 1924, Serge Koussevitzky became the BSO's ninth conductor. But his path to the podium started far earlier. Born in Vyshny Volochek, Russia, to a musical but poor family, he attended the Moscow Philharmonic Institute, studying the double bass because the instrument came with a scholarship.
Jun 8, 2018 · Serge Koussevitzky. One of the most important symphony conductors in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951) not only introduced American audiences to the works of modern Russian and European composers, he championed young American composers. In this regard Koussevitzky played a pivotal ...
Aug 2, 2018 · So how did Leonard Bernstein meet Serge Koussevitzky, and how did Koussevitzky decide to take Bernstein under his wing? Find out more in this primer.
