I saw today on Music Web International that conductor Yakov Kreizberg died of cancer a couple of weeks back. Maybe not the most well known maestro out there, but certainly a promising one. I had the pleasure of hearing him three times, two of those doing my favorite unsung: Franz Schmidt's 4th symphony. I didn't know he was Semyon Bychkov's brother, another fine conductor not well enough known. RIP
Yep, a great loss indeed.