Aleksandr Yurasovsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksandr Yurasovsky

Russian musician

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Zalegoshchensky District, Oryol Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1922

Profession: composer, conductor

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alexander Yurasovsky (June 15, 1890 – January 31, 1922) was a Russian conductor and composer.Yurasovsky was born in the town of Mishkovo located within the Oryol district.
He was the grandson of violinist Vasilii Zhakharovich (1842-1907) and son of the opera singer Nadezhda Vasil'evna Salina (1864-1955).
He studied piano with E.P.
Savina and musical composition with Peter Nikolaevich Renchitsky, Reinhold Glière and Alexander Gretchaninov, graduating from Moscow University in 1913 with a degree in law.
He made his conducting debut in 1912.
After time in the Russian Army from 1914–17, he resumed his musical activity, conducting concerts in Kharkiv, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don.He held administrative and conducting positions, and orchestrated Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No.
2 as well as Suite of Preludes (containing preludes Op.
23, No 3, 4, 10, and Op.
32, No 12, 13).