Samuil Samosud
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Soviet music conductor (1884–1964)
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Samuil Abramovich Samosud (1884-1964) was a Russian conductor. He started his musical career on the cello, before conducting in the Mariinsky Theater, Petrograd in 1917. From 1918 to 1936 he conducted at the Maly Theater, Leningrad. In 1936 he became musical director at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. He founded what became the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in 1951. He premiered several important works, including Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, The Nose, "Leningrad Symphony" a
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- cellist
- Educated at
- Tbilisi State Conservatoire
- Employer
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
- Record label
- Melodiya
- Image
- Samuil Samosud (1930s).jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1884-05-02
- date of death
- 1964-11-06
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