Victor Feldbrill  Victor Feldbrill, (April 4, 1924 – June 17, 2020) was a Canadian conductor and violinist. Feldbrill was born in Toronto, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants, Helen (Lederman) and Nathan Feldbrill. In his teen years he played the violin and attended Harbord Collegiate Institute. He joined the Navy in World War II, playing the violin in the Navy Show and studying part time at the Royal Academy of Music. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Feldbrill performed as a violinist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1956. From 1958 to 1968, he was the principal conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In 1967 he conducted the Toronto Philharmonia in a recording of the album "Heritage", which featured music by Canadian composers. In 1969 he directed the CBC Festival Orchestra. That year he conducted the CBC Studio Orchestra in an adaptation of the music for the opera "Louis Riel", which was released years later as a DVD.