Nisson Adolfovich Shkarovsky (1904, Odessa - 1964, Moscow), was an influential conductor and teacher in the Saratov Conservatory.

Biography

Shkarovsky was born in Odessa in 1904, in a Jewish family that originated in

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. He studied in the Odessa Conservatory (now the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music), playing the

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. His debut was in Odessa in 1925, as a soloist in

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by Charles Gounod. From 1934 until his death, he served as a conductor, directing several productions: *"Snow Maiden" by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1935 *"The Quiet Don" by I.I. Dzerzhinskogo in 1935 *"Othello" by Verdi in 1938 *"Dubrovsky" by E.F. Napravnika in 1945 *"Princess Mary" by V.A. Dehtereva in 1946 *"Bogdan Khmelnitsky" by K.F. Dankevicha in 1954 *"Tanya" by G.G. Kreytnera in 1956 *"The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1956 *Three Fat Men" in 1957 In 1938 he received the prestigious Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR award. In 1941 he joined the

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. Later in 1949 he taught at the Saratov Conservatory. He was instrumental in building up their opera department. In 1964, Shkarovsky died in Moscow.

References

1964 deaths 1904 births Soviet conductors (music) Odesa Jews 20th-century conductors (music) Musicians from Odesa Academic staff of Saratov Conservatory {{Russia-conductor-stub