Yakov Kreizberg RIP

[Guest]

I was greatly saddened today to hear the news of the death of Yakov Kreizberg at only 51 "after a long illness". He should have had a long and even more distinguished career ahead of him. Apparently the brother of Semyon Bychkov, which I didn't know, he took his mother's name to avoid confusion. I heard him do 2 Mahler 5's with different orchestras - a fine conductor and sounded like a lovely man as well. RIP.

[french frank]

That is very sad. He was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra until 2000 and came back to guest conduct afterwards. I heard him with the BSO in the Colston Hall.

[verismissimo]

Memorable for me was his conducting of Der Rosenkavalier at ENO in 1994. He must have been in his early 30s. A sad loss.

[Chris Newman]

This is a shock. He was so young and, like his brother, so talented. R.I.P.