Michael Bialoguski

From wikipedia: Michael Bialoguski (19 March 1917 – 29 July 1984) was a medical practitioner, violinist, conductor and intelligence agent. Born to Jewish parents in the Ukraine, his family fled for their lives from the communists in 1920, only to find themselves in Poland when Russia invaded in 1939. Bialoguski fled to Sydney, where, after a period in the army, he became a doctor, and made himself available to Australian intelligence services. He played a crucial role in the Petrov Affair, which culminated in 1954. As a violinist, he had been a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, but held longstanding ambitions to be a conductor. Repeatedly rebuffed, he was eventually was accepted by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, where he obtained his Masters Diploma in 1967 under the guidance of Franco Ferrara. But, unable to secure any regular conducting engagements in the UK, he spent his life savings to hire the New Philharmonia Orchestra for a single concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 29 April 1969, which he conducted, to lukewarm reviews. The concert included Beethoven's 4th Symphony and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the pianist Fou Ts'ong as soloist. He also formed the Commonwealth Philharmonic Orchestra, which he conducted at the Albert Hall and in Westminster Abbey. He recorded two symphonies with the New Philharmonia - Martinů's 6th Symphony and Voříšek's Symphony in D - which were released on LP by Unicorn Records.