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Nikolai Sokoloff
vn, 1886-1965 US, Kiev
Musician / Conductor of Classical
Nikolai Grigoryevich Sokoloff (28 May 1886 – 25 September 1965) was a Russian-American conductor and violinist. He was born in Kiev, and studied music at Yale. From 1916 to 1917 he was musical director of the San Francisco People's Philharmonic Orchestra, where he insisted on including women in his orchestra and paying them the same as men. Sokoloff was the founding conductor and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1918 where he remained until 1932. Between 1935 and 1938 he directed the Federal Music Project, a New Deal program that employed musicians to perform and educate the public about music. From 1938 to 1941 he directed the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. When he was a conductor he gave a violin to then nine-year-old violin prodigy Yehudi Menuhin.
Popular Tracks 
5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: NO. 2. Prélude on Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Nicolai, Saint-Saëns & Halvorsen by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Symphony NO. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Allegro Molto on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Symphony NO. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: IV. Allegro Vivace on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Symphony NO. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Symphony NO. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: I. Largo - Allegro Moderato on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: NO. 1. Valse Triste. Lento on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Cydalise et le Chêvre-Pied: Entrance of the Little Fauns on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff Coppelia: entr’acte And Valse on Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai Sokoloff 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: NO. 1. Valse Triste. Lento on Tchaikovsky, J. Strauss II, Sibelius, Schumann & Others Composers by The Cleveland Orchestra & Nikolai SokoloffTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinfonietta La Jolla For Orchestra / Les Illuminations For Soprano And String Orchestra | Bohuslav Martinů, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra Of The Musical Arts Society Of La Jolla Conducted By Nikolai Sokoloff | 2007 | Album |
| The Cleveland Orchestra On Record | The Cleveland Orchestra Conducted By Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell | 1975 | Compil. |
| Divertimento For Orchestra, Opus 34 / Serenade For Orchestra | Nikolai Lopatnikoff / Miklós Rózsa - La Jolla Musical Arts Festival Orchestra, Nikolai Sokoloff | 1953 | Album |
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