Yuli Turovsky
Yuli Turovsky
Russian classical cellist and conductor, born June 7th, 1939 in Moscow, died January 15th, 2013 in Montreal.
He began to play cello at the age of seven and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1969 he won the USSR Cello Competition and later became principal cello of the [a931349]. He left the Soviet Union in 1976 and settled in Montreal, forming the [a1169886] with [a1169890] on violin and [a1169889] on piano. As a soloist, he played with the [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/L%27Orchestre+Symphonique+De+Montreal]Montreal Symphony Orchestra[/url], the Orchestre Métropolitain and the [a345340]. He founded [a2839318] in 1983, his wife [a1683687] being concertmaster and their daughter [a2096378] also playing violin in it. He served as its conductor until May 2011.
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