On August 30, 2022, Russian conductor Alexander Skulsky died at the age of 80. Skulsky graduated from the Nizhny-Novgorod State Glinka Conservatoire in 1965 and in 1971 from the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire. He became the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Nizhny Novgorod State Mstislav Rostropovich Philharmonic in 1967 and held the position since {…}