Vladimir Heifetz(1893-1970)
- Composer
- Music Department
Composer, conductor, pianist and arranger. He came to the USA in 1921
and joined ASCAP in 1962. He was educated at the St. Petersburg
Conservatory, and accompanied
Feodor Chaliapin Sr. on a tour of
Russia. In the USA, he conducted the orchestra at the Schenley Theatre
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and arranged for
The Don Cossack Chorus,
eventually forming and conducting the Heifetz Singers, which appeared
on radio during a US tour in 1935 and at an Israeli festival in 1952,
ten years before joining ASCAP in 1962. Heifetz also accompanied
Cantor's Concert Ensemble, and arranged for films, radio and
television.