As per our current Database, Igor Buketoff has been died on Sep 7, 2001 (age 85).
When Igor Buketoff die, Igor Buketoff was 85 years old.
| Popular As | Igor Buketoff |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 29, 1916 (Hartford, CT) |
| Birthday | May 29 |
| Town/City | Hartford, CT |
| Nationality | CT |
Igor Buketoff’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Igor Buketoff was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
A prominent Conductor of Russian music who led the top orchestras in the U.S., including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Listening to the music of Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff inspired him to devote himself to conduct Rachmaninoff's music.
He put his own stamp on many of the works he conducted: adding lyrics to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and de-emphasizing elements of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and his father was a Russian Orthodox priest who first introduced him to classical music.
Leopold Stokowski was another prominent orchestra Conductor.
