Israel Borisovich Gusman
Israel Borisovich Gusman (August 18, 1917 – January 29, 2003) was a Soviet conductor and professor of music at the :ru:Нижегородская государственная консерватория имени М. И. Глинки, Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory. The son of music critic and victim of the Great Purges Boris Gusman, Israel performed music at the front in Ukraine and Poland during World War II, and later served as musical conductor for the Kharkiv Philharmonic Society, Kharkiv Orchestra and for the Bolshoi Theatre. In 1978 Gusman was awarded the prestigious People's Artist of the RSFSR. Early career Israel Gusman was born on August 18, 1917, in Nizhny Novgorod, the son of the famous music critic Boris Evseevich Gusman. Soon the Gusman family moved to Moscow. In 1931, the young Gusman graduated from the Gnessin School of Music and entered the military conducting department of the Moscow Conservatory. During his studies, he began working in the orchestra of the Mus ...
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