september 3, 1915, the birthday of boris raisky, conductor, honored artist of the bssr, godfather of modern belarusian symphonic music. he was born in irkutsk. escaping from the war, the family lived for some time in... returning to his homeland, boris ippolitovich worked as a conductor of the concert and variety circus "union of the state circus", led a nomadic life. lvov, ivanovo, sochi, minsk, where he remained until the end of his days. it was boris raisky who headed the orchestra of the belarusian state circus, until in 1961 he received an offer to take under his wing the orchestra of the belarusian television and radio. to perform the most difficult work of the world repertoire, but still the heart of the conductor belonged to belarusian music. under the leadership of raisky, stock recordings of the operas kastus kolinovsky, zorka venera, sevaya legenda, ballet music, alpine ballad and the little prince were made. his pen belongs to the stories, sons go to battle, i am from the fiery village and others. in 1982, as part of the belarusian delegation , alexander mikhailovich part