Ossip Gabrilowitsch
ABOUT OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
Prominent musician and conductor who, in 1905, became one of the first pianists to record music for the Welte-Mignon mechanical piano.
He studied with Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Medtner at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
He conducted the Munich Philharmonic from 1910 until 1914.
He married singer Clara Clemens (daughter of author Mark Twain) in October of 1909. They had a child, Nina, who would become Twain's last descendant.
He recommended Sergei Rachmaninoff for the position of Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor.
