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Koussevitzky

American  
[koo-suh-vit-skee] / ˌku səˈvɪt ski /

noun

  1. Serge Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky, 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.


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After winning the Koussevitzky Prize for outstanding student conductors there, he returned to Europe.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The two met in 1940, when Koussevitzky selected a 22-year-old Bernstein as one of three inaugural conducting fellows for the Berkshire Music Center, now known as the Tanglewood Music Center.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Benson went on to an esteemed musical career, joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky and staying there for three decades.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2022

Ending a 16-month performance hiatus, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is back at its Tanglewood outpost July 9 to Aug. 16 for a summer of performances at the Koussevitzky Music Shed.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2021

The Bolsheviks made Mr. Koussevitzky director of the state orchestras which, in those early Soviet days, were at low musical ebb.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette