Aleksander Orlov

Orlov studied violin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, under Pyotr Krasnokutsky, and conducting under Paul Juon in Berlin.

From 1902 he worked as a symphonic and opera conductor in the cities of southern Russia.

From 1912-1917 he was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky in Moscow, and at the same time implemented a number of opera productions, 1914-1924.

From 1930 Orlov headed the Grand Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio, and premiered many works by Soviet composers, and directing opera performances on radio and at the Moscow Conservatory.

He conducted Yehudi Menuhin's first recorded performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in 1946.