Natan Rakhlin

Natan Rakhlin studied at Ukrainian National Academy of Music. Training under Walerian Bierdiajew is recorded. Vitaliy Kutsenko is recorded as having studied under Natan Rakhlin. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Residence is recorded at Chekists house. Employment is recorded with Ukrainian National Academy of Music. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the October Revolution.

• Name — Natan Rakhlin • Born — 10 January 1906 • Birthplace — Snovsk, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) • Died — 28 June 1979 • Place of death — Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Conductor • Teacher • Genre — Classical • Illustration — Natan Hryhorovych Rakhlin

Rakhlin was born January 10, 1906, in Snovsk, Gorodnyansky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire. He served as Artistic Director of the Ukrainian SSR State Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1962 and was the musical director of a number of Soviet films. In 1941 he succeeded Alexander Gauk as director of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra. On October 30, 1957, Rakhlin conducted the premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11. He was the founder of the Tatar ASSR State Symphony Orchestra, which he led from its foundation in 1966 until his death in 1979.