Steve J. Sherman
Yakov Kreizberg, an internationally known conductor praised for the depth and intensity of his interpretations, died on March 15 at his home in Monte Carlo. He was 51.
Born in the Soviet Union and educated there and in the United States, Mr. Kreizberg was especially renowned in Europe. At his death he was music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo as well as chief conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Chamber Orchestras.
He was previously principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England and music director of the Berlin Comic Opera.
Mr. Kreizberg was known for his thoughtful renderings, attention to fine musical detail and passionate approach to music-making. His conducting style entailed expansive gestures that some critics found thrillingly expressive and others found a trifle flamboyant.
Mr. Kreizberg appeared as a guest conductor with the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, the Boston and Chicago Symphonies, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Chicago Lyric Opera and other ensembles.
In guest engagements abroad, he led the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Netherlands, the BBC and London Symphonies, the English National Opera and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Among the well-known soloists with whom he worked are the violinists Julia Fischer, Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg; the cellist Lynn Harrell; the pianistMitsuko Uchida; and the clarinetist Charles Neidich.
Yakov Bychkov was born in 1959 to a Jewish family in what was then Leningrad and is now St. Petersburg. (To distinguish himself from his elder brother, the well-known orchestral conductor Semyon Bychkov, , Yakov adopted his mother’s maiden name early in his career.)
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