Andre Kostelanetz

Fact Sheet

Musical genre:	Easy Listening
Birthday	22 December 1901
Sign	Capricorn
Birthplace	St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of death	January 13, 1980 (age 78)

Andre Kostelanetz (1901 - 1980) was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kostelanetz moved to the United States in 1922. Beginning in the 1920s he conducted concerts for radio, and in the 1930s he was given his own weekly show on CBS, André Kostelanetz Presents.

Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical music pieces for mass audiences, as well as orchestral versions of popular songs and Broadway show tunes. He made numerous recordings over the course of his career, which had sales of over 50 million and became staples of beautiful music radio.

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