Josefowitz, David
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Name (Latin)
Josefowitz, David
Date of birth
1918-12-25
Date of death
2015-01-10
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Chemists
Conductors (Music)
Philanthropists
Sound recording executives and producers
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Gramophone, March 2015:page 124 (obituary: David Josefowitz; born December 25, 1918; died January 10, 2015; conductor and record label founder; began his professional career in the US as a chemist with a special interest in plastics, which led to the creation in 1948 of the Concert Hall Record Society; in 1980 he moved to London where he founded the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra)
- obituary dated April 16, 2015: David Josefowitz, chemist, conductor, entrepreneur and philanthropist; born in Kharkov, in Ukraine, on December 25, 1918; in 1938 moved with his brother Sam to the United States; worked in the chemical industry and established a controversial mail-order record company, known as Musical Masterpieces Society in much of Europe; moved to Switzerland in the 1950s and then in 1980 to London, where he set up the London Soiolists Chamber Orchestra; died January 10, 2015 ( (Telegraph, WWW site, June 1, 2015) )
- Chopin, F. Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 [SR] 196-?:labels (David Josefowitz, conductor)
- Holmes, J.L. Conductors on record(Josefowitz, David; b. 1918, Kharkov, Russia)