Lev Moiseevich Ossovsky ( Leib Moiseevich Shpak-Ossovsky ; April 22, 1922 , Odessa - August 31, 2012 , Moscow ) - Soviet and Russian conductor , teacher. Director and Principal Conductor of the Chamber Music Theater B. A. Pokrovsky , People's Artist of the RSFSR , laureate of the State Prize of Russia (2003, for performances of the Moscow State Academic Chamber Music Theater “Sorochinskaya Fair” by M. Mussorgsky, “Julius Caesar and Cleopatra” by G. F. Handel) [1] , Professor .
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| Full name | Lev Moiseevich Ossovsky | |||||
| Date of Birth | April 22, 1922 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Odessa , Ukrainian SSR , USSR | |||||
| Date of death | August 31, 2012 (90 years) | |||||
| Place of death | Moscow , Russian Federation | |||||
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| A country |  USSR →  Russia | |||||
| Professions | conductor music teacher , professor | |||||
| Collectives | Moscow Operetta Theater , Kuibyshev Academic Opera and Ballet Theater , Chamber Music Opera Theater. B.A. Pokrovsky | |||||
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Biography
He graduated from the music school named after Professor PS Stolyarsky at the Odessa Conservatory, then at the beginning of the military-conductor, and a few years later at the conducting and choir faculty of the Moscow State Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky. Participant of the Great Patriotic War as part of the 139th anti-aircraft artillery regiment, conductor of the orchestra of the Second Baltic Front headquarters.
- 1948-1968 - conductor, chief conductor of the Moscow Operetta Theater ,
- 1968-1974 - Founder, Director and Principal Conductor of the Musical Theater in Krasnoyarsk-26,
- 1974-1984 - Director and Principal Conductor of the Kuibyshev Academic Opera and Ballet Theater . Here, for the first time in the USSR, the operas of L. Cherubini “Medea”, D. Verdi “Macbeth”, S. Slonimsky “Mary Stuart” were staged.
- 1984—2009 - Director and Principal Conductor of the B. Pokrovsky Chamber Music Theater . Together with the artistic director of the theater, Boris Alexandrovich Pokrovsky, they staged a wide variety of operas, including The Golden Calf by T. Khrennikov, Don Juan, or the Punished Corrupt by V. A. Mozart , Sorochinskaya Fair by M. Mussorgsky , Julius Caesar and Cleopatra ” G. F. Handel and others.
He was buried in Moscow at Vostryakovsky Jewish cemetery next to his mother Brukha Shmulevna Shpak (1901-1963). [2] .
Awards and titles
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland III degree, the Patriotic War II degree, Friendship, twelve medals of the Great Patriotic War.
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (April 11, 1972)
People's Artist of the RSFSR (July 17, 1981)