Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky

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Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky, better known as Serge Koussevitzky, was a prominent Russian-born American conductor, double-bassist, and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra renowned for championing contemporary composers.

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Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky canonical 2
Kusevitsky 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conductor
double-bassist
human
music director
alsoKnownAs Serge Koussevitzky
citizenshipStatus Russian-born American
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
United States of America
employer Boston Symphony Orchestra
ethnicGroup Russian Jews
familyName Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kusevitsky
fieldOfWork classical music
gender male
genre orchestral music
givenName Sergei
instrument double bass
languageSpoken English
Russian
movement 20th-century classical music
name Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky self-link
nativeLanguage Russian
notableActivity commissioning works from contemporary composers
notableFor championing contemporary composers
leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
notableRole promoter of new music
occupation conductor
double-bassist
impresario
music director
music educator
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Tver Governorate
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
positionHeld music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

United States of America
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

United States of America

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Serge Koussevitzky birthName Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky name Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky self-link
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky familyName Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kusevitsky