Nicolai Berezowsky

Nicolai T. Berezowsky (1900-1953) was an American (Russian-born) violinist and composer. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 17, 1900, graduating from the Imperial Capella with honors sixteen years later. Before coming to America in 1922, he served as musical director of the School of Modern Art in Moscow and as first violinist at the Moscow Grand Opera. In New York, Mr. Berezowsky attended the Juilliard School of Music, studying under Paul Kochanski and Rubin Goldmark. He was first violinist with the New York Philharmonic for the first seven years of his U.S. residence. He played in the Coolidge String Quartet from 1935-1940. He died on August 27, 1953 in New York.

Among Berezowsky's works are an opera, Prince Batrak, two symphonies, concertos for violin and 'cello, and many diverse works of chamber music, some of which are listed below:

• Christmas Festival Overture (Ukranian Noel) (1943) (8 minutes length)
• Soldiers on the Town (1943) (4 minutes length)
• Fantasy (piano duet)(1944) (15 minutes length)
• Sextet Concerto (1951) (16 minutes length)
• Suite No. 2 (woodwind quintet) (16 minutes length)

Sources

• New York Times obituary, published August 28, 1953
• Note from the published edition of his Brass Suite for Seven Instruments, Op. 24

References

External links

• Nicolai Berezowsky scores (the composer's manuscripts) in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts