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Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic), the first youth orchestra in the United States, based in Portland, Oregon. Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory. In 1913, he graduated with honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist during World War I, and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the Russian Revolution and thereafter, as concerts

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  • Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic), the first youth orchestra in the United States, based in Portland, Oregon. Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory. In 1913, he graduated with honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist during World War I, and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the Russian Revolution and thereafter, as concerts were often presented as benefits for orphans and the Red Cross. Gershkovitch married in Irkutsk in 1918. There, he established a fine arts conservatory and symphony orchestra which continued under the Bolshevik regime. In 1921, he and his wife crossed the border in China to escape from Russia. Ballerina Anna Pavlova offered Gershkovitch the assistant conductor position with her orchestra, which was touring throughout Asia. Gershkovitch remained in Japan to lead the newly organized Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. However, the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake disrupted the organization and caused Gershkovitch and his wife to emigrate to the United States. The couple arrived in San Francisco in November 1923 and made their way to Portland in 1924. There, Gershovitch was approached to lead the Portland Junior Symphony. Known for his discipline and high performance standards, Gershkovitch conducted the orchestra for twenty-nine years, gaining national attention for the ensemble and pioneering the youth orchestra movement until his death in 1953. (en)
  • Jacques Gershkovitch (Irkutsk, 1884 - Portland, 1953) fue un director de orquesta y músico ruso, reconocido por haber sido el primer director musical de la Sinfónica Juvenil de Portland (ahora conocida como la Filarmónica Juvenil de Portland), la primera orquesta juvenil de los Estados Unidos con sede en la ciudad de Portland, Oregon. Nacido en el seno de una familia musical en Irkutsk, Gershkovitch fue enviado a San Petersburgo en su adolescencia para estudiar en el Conservatorio Imperial. En 1913 se graduó con honores en flauta y dirección de orquesta y recibió la beca Schubert para adelantar un año de estudios bajo la dirección del reconocido director alemán Arthur Nikisch en Berlín. Gershkovitch regresó a Irkutsk para prestar su servicio militar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, y para 1916 se había convertido en el jefe de la orquesta sinfónica militar del Ejército Imperial Ruso. Ocupó este cargo a lo largo de la Revolución Rusa y durante algunos años más, ya que a menudo presentaban conciertos en beneficio de los huérfanos y de la Cruz Roja Internacional. Gershkovitch se casó en Irkutsk en 1918. Allí estableció un conservatorio de bellas artes y una orquesta sinfónica que continuaron bajo el régimen bolchevique. En 1921, él y su esposa cruzaron la frontera en China para escapar de Rusia. La bailarina Anna Pávlova le ofreció a Gershkovitch el puesto de asistente de dirección en su orquesta, que se encontraba de gira por toda Asia. Gershkovitch se quedó en Japón para dirigir la recién creada Orquesta Sinfónica de Tokio. Sin embargo, el gran terremoto de 1923 en Kantō trastornó la organización e hizo que Gershkovitch y su esposa emigraran a los Estados Unidos. La pareja llegó a San Francisco en noviembre de 1923 y se trasladó a Portland en 1924. Allí, Gershovitch empezó a dirigir la Sinfónica Juvenil de Portland. Conocido por su disciplina y su alto nivel de rendimiento, Gershkovitch dirigió la orquesta durante veintinueve años, otorgándole atención nacional y siendo pionero en el movimiento de orquestas juveniles hasta su muerte en 1953. (es)
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  • To command attention, maintain discipline, and secure the maximum results he resorted to sarcasm, praise, ridicule, humor, flattery, scolding, dirty looks and the highest commendation—all in a quaint and very special brand of English. The children loved it, for it always had an element of the unexpected. (en)
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  • —Jacob Avshalomov, later the orchestra's conductor and music director, on Gershkovitch's style (en)
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  • Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic), the first youth orchestra in the United States, based in Portland, Oregon. Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory. In 1913, he graduated with honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist during World War I, and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the Russian Revolution and thereafter, as concerts (en)
  • Jacques Gershkovitch (Irkutsk, 1884 - Portland, 1953) fue un director de orquesta y músico ruso, reconocido por haber sido el primer director musical de la Sinfónica Juvenil de Portland (ahora conocida como la Filarmónica Juvenil de Portland), la primera orquesta juvenil de los Estados Unidos con sede en la ciudad de Portland, Oregon. Nacido en el seno de una familia musical en Irkutsk, Gershkovitch fue enviado a San Petersburgo en su adolescencia para estudiar en el Conservatorio Imperial. En 1913 se graduó con honores en flauta y dirección de orquesta y recibió la beca Schubert para adelantar un año de estudios bajo la dirección del reconocido director alemán Arthur Nikisch en Berlín. Gershkovitch regresó a Irkutsk para prestar su servicio militar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, y par (es)
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