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Ossip Gabrilowitsch

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Ossip Gabrilowitsch · Arts & Literature

What

Conductor and pianist

When

1878, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire — 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Where

Russian Empire · Germany · United States

Biography

Ossip Gabrilowitsch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and pianist

How & why

Ossip Gabrilowitsch was a Russian-born American pianist and conductor noted for the elegance of his playing, and the founding music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, whose demands led to the building of Orchestra Hall. Born into a Jewish family in Saint Petersburg, he studied under Anton Rubinstein and later married Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Conductor and pianist

1878

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music