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Also known as Samuil Abramovich Samosud

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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human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Tbilisi
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
cellist
Instrument
cello
Record label
Melodiya
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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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