1884 - 1953
Jacques Gershkovitch Russian Military
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| First Name |
Jacques
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| Last Name |
Gershkovitch
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1883
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| Birthplace |
Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia
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| Died |
1953
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| Place of Death |
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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| Nationality |
Russian
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| Occupation Text |
Conductor, musician
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| Occupation |
Military
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Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic), the first youth orchestra in the United States, based in Portland, Oregon. Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory. In 1913, he graduated with honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist during World War I, and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the Russian Revolution and thereafter, as concerts were often presented as benefits for orphans and the Red Cross.
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