Igor Buketoff

About Igor Buketoff

Birth Day: May 29, 1916
Birth Place: Hartford, CT
Died On: Sep 7, 2001 (age 85)
Birth Sign: Gemini

Igor Buketoff Net Worth

Igor Buketoff was born on May 29, 1916 in Hartford, CT. A prominent conductor of Russian music who led the top orchestras in the U.S., including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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💰Igor Buketoff Net worth: 2.9 billion

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About

A prominent Conductor of Russian music who led the top orchestras in the U.S., including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Before Fame

Listening to the music of Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff inspired him to devote himself to conduct Rachmaninoff's music.

Trivia

He put his own stamp on many of the works he conducted: adding lyrics to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and de-emphasizing elements of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

Family Life

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and his father was a Russian Orthodox priest who first introduced him to classical music.

Associated With

Leopold Stokowski was another prominent orchestra Conductor.