Temirkanov mourns his conductor brother
mainRussian state media are reporting the death, at 82, of the composer and conductor Boris Temirkanov, chief conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Philharmonic.
Among many achievements, he was the first to write concertos for the Kabardian harmonica. He was the older brother of the St Petersburg conductor Yuri Temirkanov.
>>he was the first to write concertos for the Kabardian harmonica. >>
Because Kalevi Aho didn’t know such an instrument exists….