Maksym Berezovsky
Born: c. 1745, Hlukhiv, Ukraine
Died: 2nd April 1777, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky was a composer, opera singer, bassist and violinist from Hlukhiv (Glukhov in Russian), Ukraine, in the Cossack Hetmanate in the Russian Empire. He studied in Italy and worked at the St. Petersburg Court Chapel.
Berezovsky was one of the first Russian Imperial composers in the 18th century to be recognized throughout Europe and the first to compose an opera, symphony, and violin sonata.
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