Natan Rakhlin | |
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Born | Snovsk, Gorodnyansky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire | January 10, 1906
Died | June 28, 1979 Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 73)
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, music pedagogue |
Natan Grigoryevich Rakhlin (Russian: Натан Григорьевич Рахлин, Ukrainian: Натан Григорович Рахлін; January 10, [ O.S. December 28, 1905] 1906 − June 28, 1979) was a Soviet conductor. [1]
Rakhlin was born January 10, 1906, in Snovsk, Gorodnyansky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire.
He served as Artistic Director of the Ukrainian SSR State Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1962 and was the musical director of a number of Soviet films.[ citation needed] In 1941 he succeeded Alexander Gauk as director of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra. On October 30, 1957, Rakhlin conducted the premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11.
He was the founder of the Tatar ASSR State Symphony Orchestra, which he led from its foundation in 1966 until his death in 1979. [2] [3]