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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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
surface form: "Kusevitsky"
fieldOfWork classical music
gender male
genre orchestral music
givenName Sergei NERFINISHED
instrument double bass
languageSpoken English
Russian
movement 20th-century classical music
name Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky
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 NERFINISHED
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 familyName Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky
this entity surface form: "Kusevitsky"
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky name Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky