Akim Kozlov


Akim Alekseïevitch Kozlov was a Russian trombonist.
Born in Yarygino, near Smolensk, Kozlov was first solo trombone of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yevgeny Mravinsky for more than 50 years. In 1956 he was made Meritorious Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He was also teacher of trombone at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and that of Petrozavodsk.
Kozlov died in St-Petersburg in 1992.