Elias Breeskin (1896 – May 9, 1969) was a violinist, composer and conductor.
Elias was born sometime in 1896 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk), a small village in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire, now part of Ukraine, which has now morphed into the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk, with over a million inhabitants. The dam on the Dneiper River, shown on the film Doctor Zhivago, is in this city.
Read more about Elias Breeskin: First Years, First Successes, In The United States, First Health Problems, As A Conductor, As A Composer, The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, In Mexico, In Prison, His Death