Background
He was born in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia on May 17, 1900, graduating from the Imperial Capella with honors when he was sixteen.
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Nicholas Berezowsky
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Once settled in New York, Berezowsky attended the Juilliard School of Music, studying under Paul Kochanski and Rubin Goldmark.
Career
He tells in the book Duet with Nicky of how the choirboys would tear pages from their hymnals to make spit-balls which they would aim at Rasputin. He later served as musical director of the School of Modern Art in Moscow and as first violinist at the Moscow Grand Opera. In 1922, he made a harrowing escape from the Soviet Union in disguise, only to be arrested in Poland, but was released by an official who remembered hearing him perform.
He was first violinist with the New York Philharmonic for the first seven years of his United States. residence.
He played in the Coolidge String Quartet from 1935-1940. He was a protégé of Serge Koussevitzky, who premiered his symphonies to great acclaim.
They had two children. He died on August 27, 1953 in New New York
Among Berezowsky"s works are an opera, Prince Batrak, two symphonies, concertos for harp, violin and "cello, and many diverse works of chamber music
His recordings include an LP set of Mussorgsky"s Boris Godunov, which he conducted. His Concerto for Harp was commissioned by Edna Phillips, who gave the premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and performed by Carlos Salzedo with the National Orchestra Association under Leon Barzin with an original cadenza by Salzedo, included in the edition published by Theodore Presser. lieutenant was not performed again until performances by Saul Davis Zlatkovski in recital and with the Saint Paul Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Symphony Orchestra under James Riccardo in 1990.
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Political Party
Democrat