Yakov Kreizberg
Yakov Kreizberg · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1959, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) — 2011, Monaco
Soviet Union · United States · Europe
Yakov Kreizberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor
Yakov Kreizberg was a Russian-born American conductor who led the Netherlands Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, admired for his interpretive depth before his death at 51. Born Yakov Bychkov into a Jewish family in Leningrad — the younger brother of conductor Semyon Bychkov — he took his maternal grandfather's name; Monaco later named a concert hall in his honor.
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Orchestra conductor
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