Question: Read the bio below and try to give details on milton katims 's: - genre - death date - birth date - name - background - occupation Bio: milton katims -lrb- june 24 , 1909february 27 , 2006 -rrb- was an american violist and conductor . he was music director of the seattle symphony for 22 years -lrb- 1954 -- 76 -rrb- . in that time he added more than 75 works , made recordings , premiered new pieces and led the orchestra on several tours . he expanded the orchestra 's series of family and suburban outreach concerts . he is also known for his numerous transcriptions and arrangements for viola . katims was born in brooklyn and educated at columbia university . his parents were from russia and the austro-hungarian empire . his father changed the family surname from katimsky some years after he arrived in new york . katims started as a violinist but the belgian-born violist , conductor and educator leon barzin advised him to switch to viola . katims played with a number of chamber music ensembles , including the new york piano quartet , and was an extra violist with the notable budapest string quartet with which he collaborated for 15 years and made six highly regarded recordings , beginning in 1941 . he played at various festivals like the casals festival in puerto rico . katims gave viola master classes in china and israel , taught at various colleges such as juilliard in new york and northwestern in suburban chicago , as well as the university of washington , and transcribed and edited viola music . katims joined the nbc symphony orchestra in 1943 , replacing the well-known william primrose on the first-desk of the section . during his decade with the orchestra , katims developed a close relationship with conductor arturo toscanini and became his assistant . he also used a baton that had belonged to toscanini . katims also conducted orchestras such as the new york philharmonic , philadelphia orchestra , boston symphony , london philharmonic , cleveland orchestra and montreal symphony . he also organized a series of chamber music concerts titled candlelight musicales , in the spanish ballroom of the olympic hotel , with visiting soloists such as...
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- genre is classical music- death date is 27 february 2006- birth date is 24 june 1909- name is milton katims- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- occupation is violist , conductor , arranger