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Karl Eliasberg

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Karl Eliasberg · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor

When

1907, Minsk — 1978, Leningrad, Soviet Union

Where

Soviet Union (Russia)

Biography

Karl Eliasberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor

How & why

Karl Eliasberg, a Soviet conductor of Jewish descent, led the Leningrad Radio Orchestra in the 1942 wartime premiere of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony inside the besieged city—a performance of extraordinary defiance broadcast toward the enemy lines.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor

1907

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music