Samuil Samosud

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Samuil Samosud (born Tbilisi, Georgia, 18 May, 1884, died Moscow, 6 November, 1964) was a Russian conductor. He started his musical career on the cello, before conducting in the Mariinsky Theater, Petrograd in 1917. From 1918 to 1936 he conducted at the Maly Theater, Leningrad. In 1936 he became muscal director at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. He founded what became the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in 1951. He premiered several important works, including Shostakovich's The Nose, "Leningrad Symphony" and Prokofiev's War and Peace.

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Preceded by unknown	Music Directors, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow 1936–1942	Succeeded by Ari Pazovsky
Preceded by none	Music Directors, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra 1951–1957	Succeeded by Kiril Kondrashin
Preceded by none	Principal Conductors, State Symphony Capella of Russia 1957–1964	Succeeded by Yuri Ahronovich