Ariy Moiseyevich Pazovsky (Арий Моисеевич Пазовский) ( in Perm – 6 January 1953 in

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), was a Russian Jewish conductor. He was a junior conductor at the Bolshoi from 1923–1928, and then director 1943–1948. As a conductor of the

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, he is credited with having returned parts of

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's opera ''

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'' which had been censored in the

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. On his arrival in 1943 Pazovsky was required to enliven the repertoire with some 19th-century operas, and thus had to postpone Prokofiev's ''

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'', but made this good with putting on Prokofiev's ''Cinderella''.The Record collector: 46 2001 "Pazovsky (who arrived for the second season) was a conductor of exceptional culture and strict requirements, who was at the top of his form. ... When Pazovsky arrived, Khovanshchina was added."

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1887 births 1953 deaths Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni Stalin Prize winners People's Artists of the USSR 20th-century Russian conductors (music) Russian male conductors (music) 20th-century Russian male musicians {{Russia-conductor-stub