Background
Karl Eliasberg was born on June 10th, 1907, in Minsk, Belarus. His family moved to St. Petersburg/Leningrad.
Karl Eliasberg was born on June 10th, 1907, in Minsk, Belarus. His family moved to St. Petersburg/Leningrad.
Eliasberg graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory as a violinist in 1929.
Eliasberg was conductor of the Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy from 1929 to 1931. He was recognised as a Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR 1944, but after the war Yevgeny Mravinsky returned and blocked Eliasberg's career in Leningrad so he became a travelling provincial conductor.