Nikolai Sokoloff

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For the composer with a similar name, see Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (composer).

Nikolai Sokoloff (1886–1965), was a Russian-American conductor and violinist. He was born in Kiev and studied at Yale. He started his career as a violinist. From 1916 to 1917 he was musical director of the San Francisco People's Philharmonic Orchestra, where he insisted on including women in his orchestra and paying them the same as men. He became the first musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1918 where he remained until 1932. Between 1935 and 1938 he directed the Federal Music Project, a New Deal program that employed musicians to perform and educate the public about music. From 1938 to 1940 he directed the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

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Preceded by
none		 Musical Directors, Cleveland Orchestra
1918–1933		 Succeeded by
Artur Rodziński
Preceded by
Basil Cameron		 Music Directors, Seattle Symphony
1938–1941		 Succeeded by
Thomas Beecham
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