Background
Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district. He was the grandson of violinist V. Z. Salina and son of the opera singer N. V. Salina.
Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district. He was the grandson of violinist V. Z. Salina and son of the opera singer N. V. Salina.
He studied piano with East.P. Savina and musical composition with Peter Nikolaevich Renchitsky, Reinhold Glière and Alexander Gretchaninov, graduating from Moscow University in 1913 with a degree in law.
He made his conducting debut in 1912. After time in the Russian Army from 1914-1917, he resumed his musical activity, conducting concerts in Kharkiv, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don. He held administrative and conducting positions, and orchestrated Sergei Rachmaninoff"s Suite Number.
2 as well as Suite of Preludes (containing preludes Operation
23, Number 3, 4, 10, and Operation 32, Number 12, 13.
