Jerzy Semkow

Jerzy Semkow was one of the more successful conductors specializing in late 19th century Russian repertory. A onetime student of Erich Kleiber, Bruno Walter, and Tulio Serafin, Semkow brought much of the panache of that generation of early 20th century conductors to a repertory they never embraced, primarily Russian Romantic music. Semkow's education began at the State High School in Krakow. In 1951, he began attending the Leningrad Conservatory, studying with Boris Khaikin, and he later studied in the West with Erich Kleiber, Bruno Walter, and Tulio Serafin. In 1954, he too...