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Arkatov (James) collection

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About this Collection

Jim Arkatov has had distinguished careers as a musician and photographer. He was born in Odessa, Russia and left with his family at an early age for San Francisco, where he developed as a child prodigy and gave his debut cello recital at age 14. At age 18, he was invited by Fritz Feiner to join the Pittsburgh Symphony. Later, he joined the San Francisco Symphony with Pierre Monteux, and went on to be principal cellist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Fabien Sevitzky. Arkatov returned to California in 1946 as a freelance musician in major studios of Hollywood and was later appointed principal cellist of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Continuing his solo activities, he appeared in the Monday Evening Concert Series. In 1956, he married Salome Ramras, and they performed a piano-cello duo, performing in concerts throughout California. In 1968, he founded the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and was its first principal cellist. He had begun his photographic career when he was with the Pittsburgh Symphony. In 1990, these photographs became the basis of his first book, "Masters of Music." In 1998, he published his second book, "Artists: The Creative Personality." He has permanent and rotating exhibits of his photographs at the Colburn School of Music, the Cedar-Sinai Hospital and the Doheny Library of the University of Southern California.


Collection Overview

Alternative title
James Arkatov photograph collection, 1946-2009
Photographer
Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Date Created
[between 1946 and 2009?]
Extent
approximately 800 photographs

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
ARK
ark:/21198/zz001dzc12
MANIFEST URL
IIIF Manifest

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Rights contact
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988

Physical Description

Extent
approximately 800 photographs

Keywords

Genre
color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Musicians--United States
Artists--United States
Jazz musicians $z United States
Location
California--Los Angeles

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