Samuil Samosud
Illustration — Samuil Samosud in the 1930s Samuil Abramovich Samosud (Tiflis — 6 November 1964, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian Jewish conductor and pedagogue. He started his musical career as a cellist, before becoming a conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre, Petrograd in 1917. From 1918 to 1936 he conducted at the Maly Operny, Leningrad.
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Samuil Samosud
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- Born
- 1884 · Tbilisi.
- Died
- 1964 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- conductor · music educator · cellist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Tbilisi State Conservatoire
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of Lenin · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
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Illustration — Samuil Samosud in the 1930s Samuil Abramovich Samosud (Tiflis — 6 November 1964, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian Jewish conductor and pedagogue. He started his musical career as a cellist, before becoming a conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre, Petrograd in 1917. From 1918 to 1936 he conducted at the Maly Operny, Leningrad.
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1964
Samuil Samosud died at Moscow.
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In 1936 he became musical director at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. He founded what became the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in 1951. He premiered several important works, including Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The Nose and the Seventh Symphony; as well as Prokofiev's War and Peace and On Guard for Peace. Shostakovich "had a high opinion" of Samosud's theatrical performances, and regarded him as "the supreme interpreter" of operatic works including Lady Macbeth. Nonetheless, after hearing Samosud conduct the Seventh Symphony, the composer wrote that he wanted to hear Yevgeny Mravinsky perform the symphony, as he didn't "have great faith in Samosud as a symphonic conductor".
Samuil Samosud studied at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Positions recorded include music director and principal conductor. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1936) • Order of the Badge of Honour (1936) • People's Artist of the USSR (1937) • Order of Lenin (1937) • Stalin Prize first degree (1947) • Two Stalin Prizes first degree (1941, 1952) • Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1964) • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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• Samuel Samosud — Biography on Prokofiev.org (on Internet Archive, captured on 4 February 2012)
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- 1.Shostakovich, Dmitri. Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941-1975. Cornell University Press. xxxvi. 2001. 0-8014-3979-5.
- 2.Shostakovich, Dmitri. Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941-1975. Cornell University Press. 7. 2001. 0-8014-3979-5.
- 3.Brown, Kellie D. The sound of hope: Music as solace, resistance and salvation during the holocaust and world war II. McFarland. 214. 2020. 978-1-4766-7056-0.
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