Saint Petersburg Conservatory
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The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова), also known as the Leningrad Conservatory, is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.
History[]
The conservatory was founded in 1862 by the Russian Music Society and Anton Rubinstein, a Russian pianist and composer.[1] On his resignation in 1867, he was succeeded by Nikolai Zaremba. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was appointed as a professor in 1871, and the conservatory has borne his name since 1944.[1] In 1887, Rubinstein returned to the conservatory with the goal of improving overall standards. He revised the curriculum, expelled inferior students, fired and demoted many professors, and made entrance and examination requirements more stringent. In 1891, he resigned again over the Imperial demand of racial quotas.
The current building was erected in the 1890s on the site of the old Bolshoi Theatre of Saint Petersburg, and it still preserves its grand staircase and landing. As the city changed its name in the 20th century, the conservatory was duly renamed Petrograd Conservatory (Петроградская консерватория) and Leningrad Conservatory (Ленинградская консерватория).
The school alumni have included such notable composers as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Artur Kapp, and Rudolf Tobias and Dmitri Shostakovich, who taught at the conservatory during the 1960s, bringing it additional fame. Amongst his pupils were German Okunev and Boris Tishchenko.
Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov taught at the conservatory for almost forty years, and his bronze monument is located outside the building in Theatre Square.
The youngest musician ever admitted to the conservatory was four-year-old violinist Clara Rockmore, who later became one of the world's foremost theremin players.
Directors and rectors[]
- Anton Rubinstein (1862–1867 and 1887–1891)
- Nikolai Zaremba (1867–1871)
- Mikhail Azanchevsky (1871–1876)
- Karl Davydov (1876–1887)
- Julius Johansen (1891–1897)
- Auguste Bernhard (1897–1905)
- Alexander Glazunov (1905–1928) (formally 1930) – rector
- A. Mashirov (1930–1933)
- Veniamin Buchstein (1935–1936)
- Boris Zagursky (1936–1939) – rector
- Pavel Serebryakov (1939–1952, 1962–1977)
- Yuri Briushkov (1952–1962)
- Yuri Bolshiyanov (1977–1979)
- Vladislav Chernushenko (1979–2002)
- Sergei Roldugin (2002–2004)
- Alexander Chaikovsky (2004–2008)
- Sergei Stadler (2008–2011)
- Mikhail Gantvarg (2011–2015)
- Aleksey Vasilyev (since 2015)
Notable faculty[]
- Boris Abalyan (conducting)
- Leopold Auer (violin)
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov (viola)
- Louis Brassin (piano)
- Vitaly Bujanovsky (French Horn)
- Georgiy Ginovker (cello, chamber music)
- Edouard Grikurov (conducting)
- Artur Lemba (piano)
- Theodor Leschetizky (piano)
- Nikolai Malko (conducting)
- Ilya Musin (conducting)
- Leonid Nikolayev (piano)
- Cesare Pugni (violin, counterpoint, composition)
- Alexander Radvilovich (composition)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (composition, orchestration)[1]
- Anton Rubinstein (piano, the history of piano literature)
- (cello)[2]
- Dmitri Shostakovich (composition)
- Sergei Slonimsky (composition)
- Nikolai Tcherepnin (conducting)
- Boris Tishchenko (composition)
- Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (cello)
- Zino Vinnikov (violin)
- Jāzeps Vītols (composition)
- Hieronymus Weickmann (viola)
- Henryk Wieniawski (violin)
- Alexander Winkler (piano)
- Anna Yesipova (piano)[1]
- Nikolai Zaremba (composition, harmony)
- Anatoly Zatin (composition, orchestration, chamber music)
- Leah Zelikhman (piano)
Notable graduates[]
- Anton Arensky - composer
- George Balanchine – choreographer
- - composer
- Alexander Barantschik - violin
- Semyon Barmotin - pianist, composer, teacher
- Richard Burgin – violinist, conductor
- Semyon Bychkov - conductor
- Joseph Cherniavsky - cellist, conductor
- Peter Chernobrivets – composer, musicologist
- Leonid Desyatnikov – composer
- Sergei Diaghilev – impresario
- Sandra Drouker - pianist
- Heino Eller – composer
- Valery Gergiev – conductor
- Jascha Heifetz – violinist
- Alexander Ilyinsky
- Mariss Jansons – conductor
- Alfrēds Kalniņš – composer, organist
- Artur Kapp – composer
- Yuri Khanon – composer, writer, laureate of the European Film Awards.
- Eduard Khil – singer
- Nadine Koutcher – opera singer
- Gustav Kross - pianist
- Miroslav Kultyshev
- Eugene Levinson - Double bassist
- Anatoly Lyadov
- Sasha Mäkilä – Finnish conductor
- Witold Maliszewski
- Nathan Milstein – violinist
- Nevsky String Quartet
- Tomomi Nishimoto - conductor
- Nikolai Obukhov – composer
- Leo Ornstein – composer
- Sergei Prokofiev – composer, pianist, conductor
- Gal Rasché - conductor, pianist, teacher
- Nadia Reisenberg - pianist
- Clara Rockmore
- David Serero - opera singer
- Ilya Serov - trumpeter
- Don Shirley - pianist, arranger, composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich – composer, pianist
- Kuldar Sink — composer, flautist[3]
- Vladimir Sofronitsky – pianist
- Grigory Sokolov – pianist
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – composer
- Yuri Temirkanov – conductor
- Dimitri Tiomkin – pianist, composer
- Vera Vinogradova-pianist, composer
- Zino Vinnikov – violinist
- Solomon Volkov – musicologist
- Ivan Yershov – singer
- Anna Yesipova – pianist
- Mikhail Youdin – composer
- Maria Yudina – pianist
- Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek - composer
- Anatoly Zatin - composer, pianist, conductor
- Valery Zhelobinsky – pianist, composer
- Efrem Zimbalist - violinist
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d E. S. BARUTCHEVA (1979). "N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad Conservatory". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya.
- ^ Rubinstein. A., Autobiography of Rubinstein (New York, Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1969. 1st Published 1890) pp.104-105
- ^ Vaitmaa, Merike (2001). "Kuldar Sink". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25881. (subscription required)
External links[]
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- Official website (in Russian, French and English)
- Documentary A Music Lesson on Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Educational institutions established in 1862
- 1862 establishments in the Russian Empire