Aleksandr Gauk
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Aleksandr Vassilievich Gauk (15 August [O.S. 3 August] 1893 - 30 March 1963) was a Russian/Soviet conductor and composer. From 1930 to 1934, he was chief conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. On 6 November 1931, he conducted that orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir in the world premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 "First of May". He restored Rachmaninoff's discarded First Symphony from the orchestral parts found in the archives of the Moscow Conservatory after the composer's death in 1943.
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| Preceded by Nikolai Malko |
Musical Directors, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 1930–1934 |
Succeeded by Fritz Stiedry |
| Preceded by none |
Musical Directors, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation 1936–1941 |
Succeeded by Natan Rakhlin |
| Preceded by Nikolai Golovanov |
Music Directors, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio 1953–1961 |
Succeeded by Gennady Rozhdestvensky |
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