Moscow Conservatory

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

) is a higher musical education institution in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 after St. Petersburg Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...

. Along with the St. Petersburg Conservatory, it is one of the leading music universities in the country.

It was co-founded in 1866 as the Moscow Imperial Conservatory by Nikolai Rubinstein (brother of the famous Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein

Anton Rubinstein

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...

, who founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...

 in 1862) and Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy.

At its opening, Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

 was appointed professor of theory and harmony, a post he held until approximately 1878. Since 1940, the conservatory has borne Tchaikovsky's name.

Prior to the Revolution the choral faculty of the conservatory was second to the Moscow Synodal School

Moscow Synodal School

The Moscow Synodal School and the associated Moscow Synodal Choir were the main centre of teaching for Russian Orthodox Church music in Russia prior to dissolution and merger with the choral faculty of Moscow Conservatory in 1919.The school originally was directly linked with the Moscow...

 and Moscow Synodal Choir

Moscow Synodal Choir

The Moscow Synodal Choir , founded 1721, was the choir attached to the Moscow Synodal School prior to its dissolution and merger into the choral faculty of the Moscow Conservatory in 1919. The choir was revived in 1999.- History :...

, but in 1919 both were closed and merged into the choral faculty. Some of the students now listed as being of the conservatory were in fact students of the Synodal School.

Some notable alumni

Valery Afanassiev Valery Afanassiev - Life :Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak. In 1969 he was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig, and three years later at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels...  – pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Nelly Akopian-Tamarina is a Russian pianist. Born in Moscow, she studied with Anaida Sumbatyan at the Moscow Central Music School. Later at the Moscow Conservatoire she was the last student of the legendary Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser - associate and friend of Alexander Scriabin, Sergei...  – pianist Edward Artemyev – composer Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Since 1972 he has been a citizen of Iceland, his wife Þórunn's country of birth. Since 1978, because of his many obligations in Europe, he and his family have resided in Meggen, near Lucerne in Switzerland...  – pianist, conductor Conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... Vladimir Bakaleinikov Vladimir Bakaleinikov Vladimir Romanovich Bakaleinikov, also Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff was a Russian-American violist, music educator, conductor and composer.Bakaleinikov, the son of a noted clarinetist, was from a large musical family who lived in poverty...  – violist Viola The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average... , teacher, composer, conductor Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet/Russian conductor and violist.Barshai was born in Stanitsa Lobinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Tseitlin and Vadim Borisovsky. He performed as a soloist as well as together with Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, and...  – violist, conductor Dmitri Bashkirov – pianist, teacher Yuri Bashmet Yuri Bashmet Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor and violist.Direct patrilineal descendant of Besht.-Biography:Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of Abram Borisovich Bashmet and Maya Zinovyeva Bashmet . "Father's mother, Tsilya Efimovna, studied singing at the...  – violist, conductor Boris Berezovsky Boris Berezovsky (pianist) - Biography :Berezovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Eliso Virsaladze and privately with Alexander Satz. Following his London début at the Wigmore Hall in 1988, The Times described him as "an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling virtuosity and formidable power."In May 2005...  – pianist Boris Berman Boris Berman Boris Berman is a Russian pianist and pedagogue .He was a student of Lev Oborin at the Moscow Conservatory. He made his debut in Moscow in 1965. He joined an early music ensemble, at the time the only one in Russia, as a harpsichordist. At the same time he worked with contemporary composers such...  – pianist, teacher Lazar Berman Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman was a Soviet Russian classical pianist. As a technician, Berman was extraordinary in terms of sheer evenness, control, and rhythmic panache, yet he always channeled his considerable craft toward musical ends....  – pianist Đặng Thái Sơn Dang Thai Son Đặng Thái Sơn is a Vietnamese pianist, winner at the Tenth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.-Musical career:...  – pianist Heinrich Neuhaus Heinrich Neuhaus Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus was a Soviet pianist and pedagogue of German extraction. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. He was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1956...  – pianist Stanislav Neuhaus Stanislav Neuhaus Stanislav Genrichowitsch Neuhaus was a Russian classical pianist....  – pianist Vadim Borisovsky Vadim Borisovsky Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...  – violist, teacher Anatoliy Brandukov Anatoliy Brandukov Anatoliy Andreyevich Brandukov was a Russian cellist who premiered many cello pieces of prominent composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Born as Russian classical music was flourishing in the middle of the 19th century, he worked with many of the important composers and...  – cellist Cello The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is... Alexander Chuhaldin Alexander Chuhaldin Alexander Gregorovitch Chuhaldin was a Russian violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator. He spent his early career working in his native country but after 1927 he was active in Canada. His compositional output includes over 30 works for string orchestra; many of which were published by...  – violinist, conductor, composer Tish Daija - Albanian Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...  composer Bella Davidovich Bella Davidovich Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich is a Jewish Soviet-born American pianist.Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, into a family of musicians and began studying piano when she was six. Three years later, she was the soloist for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. In 1939, she moved to...  – pianist Nikolai Demidenko Nikolai Demidenko Nikolai Demidenko is a Russian pianist.Demidenko studied at the Moscow Gnessin School with Anna Kantor and at the Moscow Conservatoire under Dmitri Bashkirov. Demidenko was a medallist at the 1976 Montreal International Piano Competition and the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Competition...  – pianist Edison Denisov Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...  – composer Composer A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... Fyodor Druzhinin Fyodor Druzhinin Fyodor Serafimovich Druzhinin, also Fedor, was a Russian violist, composer and music teacher.Druzhinin studied viola at the Moscow Central Music School with Nikolai Sokolov and at the Moscow Conservatory with Vadim Borisovsky . In 1957, he won first place at the All-Union Competition of...  – violist Youri Egorov Youri Egorov Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet classical pianist.-Early years:Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conservatory from the age of 6 until age 17. One of his early teachers was Irina Dubinina, a former pupil of Yakov Zak ....  – pianist Samuil Feinberg Samuil Feinberg Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist. Raised in Moscow, he entered the Moscow Conservatory and studied under Alexander Goldenweiser. He is most remembered today for his complete recording of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier and many transcriptions. Feinberg...  – pianist, composer Yakov Flier Yakov Flier Yakov Vladimirovich Flier was a Russian concert pianist and teacher.Flier was born in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Konstantin Igumnov. By the 1930s he had become one of the most prominent Russian concert pianists...  – pianist Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Vladimirovich Gavrilov is a Russian pianist.- Life :Gavrilov was born into a multinational family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gavrilov , one of the leading Russian painters of the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German ancestors...  – pianist Michael L. Geller Michael L. Geller Michael Lazarevich Geller or Misha Geller was a Russian viola player and composer.- Moscow years :...  – composer, violist Emil Gilels Emil Gilels Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist, widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.His last name is sometimes transliterated Hilels.-Biography:...  – pianist Marina Goglidze-Mdivani Marina Goglidze-Mdivani Georgian virtuoso pianist Marina Goglidze-Mdivani was born on October 6, 1936 in Tbilisi, Georgia.-Biography:...  – pianist Alexei Gorokhov Alexei Gorokhov Aleksey Nikolaevich Gorokhov was a Russian violinist who lived most of his life in Ukraine.Many Ukrainian violinists are either his pupils or pupils of his pupils.-Biography:...  – violin Violin The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... ist, musicologist Musicology Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture... , teacher Vera Gornostaeva Vera Gornostayeva Vera Gornostayeva is a Russian pianist and pedagogue.Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation, Gornostaeva is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her teacher was the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus....  – pianist, teacher Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, is a Russian composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity.Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations...  – composer

Natalia Gutman Natalia Gutman Natalia Gutman is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, where she was taught by Rostropovich, amongst others....  – cellist Rustem Hayroudinoff Rustem Hayroudinoff Rustem Hayroudinoff - Kazan born pianist. His father Awzal Xäyretdinov is a professor at Kazan State Conservatoire. He is a brother of Halida Hayrutdinova, also a pianist...  – pianist Waleed Howrani Waleed Howrani Waleed Howrani is a Lebanese-American composer and pianist. He was born in New York, spent much of his childhood in Beirut and studied piano at Moscow’s Central Music School and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.-Biography:...  – composer, pianist Valentina Igoshina Valentina Igoshina Valentina Igoshina is a Russian classical pianist.-Biography:Valentina Igoshina began studying piano with her mother, and first took lessons at home at the age of four...  – pianist Ilya Itin Ilya Itin Ilya Itin is a Russian concert pianist of international acclaim currently residing in New York City.-Music Competition:...  - pianist Dmitry Kabalevsky – composer, pianist Olga Kern Olga Kern Olga Kern is a Russian classical pianist. Born as Olga Pushechnikova to a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, she later adopted her mother's maiden name professionally...  – pianist Aram Khachaturian Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...  – composer Yuri Kholopov Yuri Kholopov Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a famous Russian musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire.-Biography:...  – musicologist, music theorist Music theory Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods... Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Krainev was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.-Biography:...  – pianist Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, who was also known for his political activities...  – composer Igor Khudolei Igor Khudolei Igor Khudolei is a known Soviet pianist and composer. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and post-graduate courses under Professor Ya...  – pianist Leonid Kogan – violinist Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz , born October 30 1980, Omsk, - Russian pianist.- Biography :Named among 10 tomorrow's great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, Eduard Kunz has performed and broadcast frequently with almost every major orchestra in the UK including BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra,...  – pianist Josef Lhévinne Josef Lhévinne Josef Lhévinne was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.Joseph Arkadievich Levin was born into a family of musicians in Oryol and studied at the Imperial Conservatory in Moscow under Vasily Safonov...  – pianist Rosina Lhévinne Rosina Lhévinne Rosina Bessie Lhévinne was a Russian American pianist and famed pedagogue....  – pianist, pedagogue Dong-Hyek Lim Dong-Hyek Lim Dong-Hyek Lim is a South Korean classical pianist. Lim has previously studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Hannover and received the Samsung Culture Scholarship and the Ezoe Scholarship...  – pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja Elisabeth Leonskaja Elisabeth Leonskaja is a noted Georgian pianist and teacher. She was born on November 23, 1945 to a Russian family living in Tbilisi, then the capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....  – pianist and teacher Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.Alexei Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lew Naumov...  – pianist Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lugansky is a Russian pianist from Moscow. At the age of five, before he had even started to learn the piano, he astonished his parents when he sat down at the piano and played a Beethoven sonata by ear, which he had just heard a relative play. He studied piano at the Moscow Central Music...  – pianist Radu Lupu Radu Lupu Radu Lupu is a Romanian concert pianist. He has won a number of the most prestigious awards in classical piano, including first prizes in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition....  – pianist Dmitry Malikov Dmitry Malikov Dmitry Yurievich Malikov is a Russian composer, singer and recently a record producer. He was also an actor in one movie.-Early life:...  – pianist,composer,singer Yevgeny Malinin Yevgeny Malinin Yevgeny Malinin was a Russian pianist.Malinin was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he began his career while a student at the Moscow Conservatory...  - pianist Victor Merzhanov Victor Merzhanov -Biography:Studied at Tambov Musical College with Solomon Starikov and Alexander Poltoratsky. Between 1936-1941 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the classes of Samuil Feinberg and Alexander Goedicke , graduating with distinction....  – pianist Roman Moiseyev Roman Moiseyev Roman Yurevich Moiseyev is a Russian conductor.Roman Moiseyev was born in Moscow, Russia. He received a solid musical education at the Academic College of Music with the Moscow State Conservatory, and later at the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music and Moscow State Conservatory with Gennady...  – conductor Alexandre Mogilevsky Alexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky Alexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky was a classical concert violinist and director of the Kremlin Band for Tsar Nicholas II. Born in Odessa in 1885, Mogilevsky moved to Moscow in 1898 to study music at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory of Music where he graduated first in his class.Mogilevsky was...  – violinist Alexander Mosolov Alexander Mosolov Alexander Vasilyevich MosolovMosolov's name is transliterated variously and inconsistently between sources. Alternative spellings of Alexander include Alexandr, Aleksandr, Aleksander, and Alexandre; variations on Mosolov include Mossolov and Mossolow...  – pianist, composer Avni Mula Avni Mula Avni Mula is a famous Albanian singer, composer and musician. For his contribution, he has received some of the highest recognition medals from the Albanian government, the People's Artist of Albania decoration and the Honor of the Nation decoration.-Personal life:His family moved from Gjakova to...  – Albanian Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...  singer, composer Shoista Mullodzhanova Shoista Mullodzhanova Shoista Mullojonova was a renowned Tajik-born Bukharian Jewish Shashmakom singer.-Early life:...  – Shashmaqam Shashmaqam Shashmaqam is a Central Asian musical genre, , which may have developed in the city of Bukhara. Shashmaqam means the six Maqams in the Persian language, dastgah being the name for Persian modes, and maqams being the name for modes more generally.It is a refined sort of music, with lyrics derived...  singer Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova is a Russian violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number of violin concerti, compositions by J.S. Bach, and her innovative interpretations of popular and jazz compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, and...  – violinist Anahit Nersesyan Anahit Nersesyan Anahit Nersesyan , a famous Armenian pianist was born in 1954 in Yerevan. She studied at the Tchaikovsky Music School, Yerevan from 1961-72 with Professor E. Voskanyan. Continued education at the Moscow State Conservatory, the class of Professor V. Merzhanov, from 1972 - 77. Got post-graduate...  – pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva was a Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher.-Early life:Nikolayeva was born in Bezhitsa in the Bryansk district on May 4, 1924...  – pianist

Lev Oborin Lev Oborin Lev Nikolayevich Oborin was a Russian pianist. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.The family moved a lot during his early childhood. When they settled down in Moscow in 1914, he was sent to music school. He studied with Yelena Gnessin, a pupil of...  – pianist David Oistrakh David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....  – violinist Marina Yashvili- violinist Aleksandra Pakhmutova Aleksandra Pakhmutova Aleksandra "Alya" Nikolayevna Pakhmutova has remained one of the best known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s....  – composer Dmitry Paperno Dmitry Paperno Dmitry Paperno is a Ukrainian concert pianist.Paperno won 6th Prize in the 1955 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, and then recorded and performed widely under the Soviet regime. He attended the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Alexander Goldenweiser. Paperno recordeded...  – pianist Nikolai Petrov – pianist Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.-Early life:...  – cellist Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer.-Life and career:Pletnev was born into a very musical family in Arkhangelsk, then part of the Soviet Union; his father played and taught the bayan, and his mother the piano...  – pianist, composer, conductor Ivo Pogorelić Ivo Pogorelic Ivo Pogorelić is a Croatian pianist.-Early life:He was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia, to a Croatian father and a Serbian mother...  – pianist Viktoria Postnikova Viktoria Postnikova Viktoria Valentinovna Postnikova is a Russian pianist.-Biography:Postnikova was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. She entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory at age six, studying with E.B. Musaelian. She graduated in 1967, having studied there and in postgraduate...  – pianist Mikhail Press Mikhail Press Mikhail Isaakovich Press, also known as Michael Press, was a Russian-American violinist, conductor and music educator.Press began studying violin with Tissen at the age of eight in Vilnius, and made his first public appearance at ten years old. At the age of thirteen he was concert master in the...  – violinist Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...  – pianist, composer Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Childhood:...  – pianist Evgeny Rivkin - pianist Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...  – cellist and conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky is a Russian conductor.-Biography:Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya...  – conductor Aram Satian Aram Satian Aram Satian is an Armenian classical composer and popular music songwriter.-Biography:...  – composer Alfred Schnittke Alfred Schnittke Alfred Schnittke ; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony and First Concerto Grosso...  – composer Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin is a Russian composer. He was one оf the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990.-Life and Works:...  – composer and pianist Valery Sigalevitch Valery Sigalevitch Valery Sigalevitch is a Russian classical concert pianist.-Biography:...  – pianist Pyotr Slovtsov Pyotr Slovtsov Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov was a famous Russian tenor.-Early years:Slovtsov was born in the village of Ustyanskoye in Yeniseysk Governorate of the Russian Empire, to the family of a deacon. His father died when the boy was five, and the mother re-located with Pyotr to Krasnoyarsk. According to...  – tenor and teacher Aleksandr Sokolov – Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... n Minister of Culture Viviana Sofronitsky Viviana Sofronitsky -Biography:Viviana Sofronitsky - Russian-Canadian pianist, was born in Moscow, to the family of the distinguished Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky...  - Pianist Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a leading Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the chamber orchestra....  – violinist, conductor Steven Spooner Steven Spooner Steven Spooner is an American pianist, and currently Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.-Biography:...  – Pianist Mykola Suk Mykola Suk -Biography:Born in Kiev, Ukraine , into a musical family, Mykola studied at Kiev Specialized Music School and made his first public appearance at the age of eight. He later studied at Moscow Conservatory.-Pianist:...  – pianist Yevgeny Svetlanov – conductor, pianist, composer Viktor Tretiakov Viktor Tretiakov Viktor Tretiakov is a Russian violinist and conductor. Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov.-Biography:...  – violinist Ibrahim Tukiqi Ibrahim Tukiqi Ibrahim Tukiqi is a well known Albanian singer. He was born in Shkodër, Albania. He studied for canto in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and graduated in 1957. After finishing the studies in 1957 he got a job at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania....  – Albanian Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...  singer Mauricio Vallina Mauricio Vallina Mauricio Vallina is a Cuban pianist living in Brussels. He has been a top prize-winner of national and international piano competitions...  – pianist Alexander Veprik Alexander Veprik Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, was a Russian composer and music educator. Veprik is considered one of the greatest composers of the "Jewish school" in Soviet music.-Life:...  – composer Eliso Virsaladze Eliso Virsaladze Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent physician, so was her grandfather Spiridon Virsaladze. She received her first piano lessons at the age of 8 from her grandmother, Anastasia Virsaladze, a well-known music...  – pianist Mikhail Voskresensky Mikhail Voskresensky Mikhail Voskresensky is a Russian pianist, b. 1935.He was a disciple of Lev Oborin. Voskresensky was awarded 3rd prizes at the inaugural editions of the Robert Schumann Competition and the Van Cliburn Competition...  – pianist Çesk Zadeja Çesk Zadeja Çesk Zadeja was an Albanian composer. A native of Shkodër, he studied in Moscow and did much to promote the arts in Tirana.He is also called "The Father of the Albanian Music".-Discography:...  – Albanian Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...  composer Igor Zubkovsky Igor Zubkovsky -Education:Igor Zubkovsky started playing cello at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow and first appeared as a soloist with the at the age of twelve, performing Haydn C Major Cello Concerto....  – cellist Denis Matsuev Denis Matsuev Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian pianist, one of the most popular classical music performers of his generation, the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998 in Moscow , laureate of esteemed Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and...  - pianist

Oleg Yanchenko – organ

Vivian Dow – pianist

Konstantin Igumnov

Konstantin Igumnov

Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under Alexander Siloti and Pavel Pabst. He took theory and composition courses from Sergei Taneyev, Anton Arensky and...

 - piano

Notable current professors

• Yuri Bashmet
  Yuri Bashmet
  Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor and violist.Direct patrilineal descendant of Besht.-Biography:Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of Abram Borisovich Bashmet and Maya Zinovyeva Bashmet . "Father's mother, Tsilya Efimovna, studied singing at the...
  
   – viola
• Marina Yashvili - violin
• Eduard Grach - violin
• Sergei Kravchenko  - violin
• Sergei Dorensky
  Sergei Dorensky
  Sergei Dorensky is a Russian pianist.He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory. Dorensky was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students and the 1957 Rio de Janeiro Competition's 2nd Prize, which allowed him to perform through Western Europe and...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Andrei Eshpai
  Andrei Eshpai
  Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai is an ethnic Mari composer.Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari El. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev...
  
   – composition
  Musical composition
  Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
  
  
• Vera Gornostayeva
  Vera Gornostayeva
  Vera Gornostayeva is a Russian pianist and pedagogue.Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation, Gornostaeva is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her teacher was the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus....
  
   – piano
• Alexei Lubimov
  Alexei Lubimov
  Alexei Lubimov is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.Alexei Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lew Naumov...
  
   – pianist
  Pianist
  A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
  
  
• Victor Merzhanov
  Victor Merzhanov
  -Biography:Studied at Tambov Musical College with Solomon Starikov and Alexander Poltoratsky. Between 1936-1941 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the classes of Samuil Feinberg and Alexander Goedicke , graduating with distinction....
  
   – piano
• Nikolai Petrov – piano
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky is a Russian conductor.-Biography:Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya...
  
   – conductor
  Conducting
  Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
  
  
• Yuri Slesarev
  Yuri Slesarev
  Yuri Slesarev is a Russian pianist.After winning the Tallinn' 69 All-Union Piano Competition he took part in several international contest, winning the 1972 Montevideo Competition. He was active as a concert pianist through Europe and South America in subsequent years.Slesarev is the Dean of the...
  
   – piano
• Eliso Virsaladze
  Eliso Virsaladze
  Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent physician, so was her grandfather Spiridon Virsaladze. She received her first piano lessons at the age of 8 from her grandmother, Anastasia Virsaladze, a well-known music...
  
   – piano
• Mikhail Voskresensky
  Mikhail Voskresensky
  Mikhail Voskresensky is a Russian pianist, b. 1935.He was a disciple of Lev Oborin. Voskresensky was awarded 3rd prizes at the inaugural editions of the Robert Schumann Competition and the Van Cliburn Competition...
  
   – piano
• Irina Zhurina
  Irina Zhurina
  -Biography:Zhurina was born in Kharkiv . After studying singing at the Kharkov Art Institute, she joined the Kharkov Opera in 1971, where she sang the leading roles in La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, etc....
  
  – voice

External links

• Moscow Conservatory website (in Russian)
• Moscow Conservatory website (in English)