Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (America's first youth orchestra, now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic). Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory, where he learned from respected Russian composers. In 1913 he graduated with the title of "laureate" and honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. However, Gershkovitch's studies with Nikisch were shortened due to World War I. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the revolution and following the war 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 the Orient. 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, Oregon in 1924. There, Gershovitch was approached by Mary Dodge and two of her students 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.. }
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- Jacques_Gershkovitch abstract "Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953) was a Russian conductor and musician who became the first music director of the Portland Junior Symphony (America's first youth orchestra, now known as the Portland Youth Philharmonic). Born to a musical family in Irkutsk, Gershkovitch was sent to Saint Petersburg in his late teens to study at the Imperial Conservatory, where he learned from respected Russian composers. In 1913 he graduated with the title of "laureate" and honors in flute and conducting, and was awarded the Schubert Scholarship for a year of study under German conductor Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. However, Gershkovitch's studies with Nikisch were shortened due to World War I. Gershkovitch returned to Irkutsk to enlist and by 1916 he had become head of the Imperial Russian Army's military symphony orchestra. He held this position through the revolution and following the war 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 the Orient. 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, Oregon in 1924. There, Gershovitch was approached by Mary Dodge and two of her students 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.".