Serge Koussevitzky

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Russian emigrant to the United States conductor double bassist human music director

Serge Koussevitzky was a renowned Russian-born conductor, double bassist, and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, celebrated for championing contemporary composers and founding the Tanglewood Music Center.

Aliases (1)

Koussevitzky ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian emigrant to the United States → conductor → double bassist → human → music director →
birthName	Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky →
burialPlace	Tanglewood →
citizenship	Russian Empire → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1874-07-26 →
dateOfDeath	1951-06-04 →
employer	Boston Symphony Orchestra →
endTime	1949 (tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) →
familyName	Koussevitzky →
founded	Koussevitzky Music Foundation → Tanglewood Music Center →
genre	classical music →
givenName	Sergei →
honor	Koussevitzky Music Foundation commissions →
instrument	double bass →
language	English → French → Russian →
movement	20th-century classical music →
name	Serge Koussevitzky →
notableFor	commissioning new orchestral works → developing the Boston Symphony Orchestra into a leading American orchestra → promoting contemporary composers →
notableStudent	Aaron Copland → Leonard Bernstein → Leonard Bernstein (as conducting protégé at Tanglewood) → Samuel Barber →
notableWork	championing contemporary composers with the Boston Symphony Orchestra → founding of the Tanglewood Music Center →
occupation	double bassist → music director → music publisher → orchestral conductor → patron of the arts →
placeOfBirth	Vyshny Volochyok →
placeOfDeath	Boston →
positionHeld	music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra →
residence	Boston → Paris →
spouse	Natalie Koussevitzky → Olga Naumova →
startTime	1924 (tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) →
studiedAt	Moscow Conservatory →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Natalie Koussevitzky → Olga Naumova →	spouse
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky →	alsoKnownAs
Tanglewood →	associatedWith
Koussevitzky Music Foundation →	associatedWithPerson
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" →	dedicatedTo
Serge Koussevitzky ("Koussevitzky") →	familyName
Boston Symphony Orchestra →	formerMusicDirector
Curtis Institute of Music →	hasNotableFaculty
Serge Koussevitzky →	name
Koussevitzky Music Foundation →	namedAfter
Boston Symphony Orchestra →	notableConductor
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" →	premiereConductor
Natalie Koussevitzky →	relative