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Serge Koussevitzky

1874 - 1951

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Serge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky; Russian: Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj]; 26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1874 – 4 June 1951) was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Serge Koussevitzky is the 24th most popular conductor (up from 39th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Russia (up from 773rd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Serge Koussevitzky ranks 24 out of 128. Before him are Dimitri Mitropoulos, Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, and Leopold Stokowski. After him are Georg Solti, Franz Danzi, Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, Leif Segerstam, and Simon Rattle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Serge Koussevitzky ranks 51. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Auguste Perret, André-Louis Debierne, Reginald Johnston, Otto Mueller, and Owen D. Young. After him are Theodore Lyman IV, Ellery Harding Clark, Henri Farman, Marguerite Long, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, and Franz Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1951, Serge Koussevitzky ranks 43. Before him are Andrei Platonov, Willem Mengelberg, Empress Teimei, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Nikolai Medtner, and Ernst von Weizsäcker. After him are Sadegh Hedayat, Artur Schnabel, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Robert Grant Aitken, Reggie Walker, and Erich Naumann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Serge Koussevitzky ranks 495 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Medtner (1879), Vera Zasulich (1849), Vasily Bartold (1869), Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), and Naina Yeltsina (1932). After him are Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847), Sheikh Mansur (1750), and Otto Braun (1872).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Russia

Among conductors born in Russia, Serge Koussevitzky ranks 1. After him are Yuri Temirkanov (1938), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Semyon Bychkov (1952), Leo Borchard (1899), Armas Järnefelt (1869), Vasily Agapkin (1884), Georg Schnéevoigt (1872), Kirill Petrenko (1972), Albert Coates (1882), Nikolai Golovanov (1891), and Tugan Sokhiev (1977).

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