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Kostelanetz

American  
[kos-tuh-lah-nits] / ˌkɒs təˈlɑ nɪts /

noun

  1. André 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.


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"I have had only one audit on this," said Bryan Skarlatos, a partner with Kostelanetz & Fink, and it was "for a trader who totally screwed up."

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023

Three-quarters of a century after the piece was introduced in 1942 by conductor Andre Kostelanetz, who commissioned it, and the Cincinnati Symphony, Scully noted that it remains a piece that feels both timeless and immediate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2017

Users of the feature can read each narrator’s inscription to Kostelanetz and Copland’s typewritten description of his work, and listen to audio excerpts of the narrators’ performances.

From Forbes ● Apr. 30, 2015

Ellington and his sidekick, Billy Strayhorn, were also great orchestrators, but Mr. Martins’s ballet uses orchestrations by André Kostelanetz that turn the music into supper-club mush.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2013

He also played for the André Kostelanetz Orchestra, for an orchestra that toured with George Gershwin as pianist – and was in the pit when Gershwin's Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway in 1935.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2010

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