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Nikolai Sergeyevich Zverev (sometimes transliterated Nikolai Zveref; 1832–) was a Russian
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
 and teacher known for his pupils Mily Balakirev
Mily Balakirev

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian pianist, Conducting and composer. He is known today primarily for his work promoting nationalism in Russian music....
, 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....
, Alexander Siltoti, Alexander Goldenweisser, Mikhail Pressman, Leonid Maximov, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conducting. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romantic music in classical music....
, and Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin....
.

ev was born in 1832 in Volokolamsk
Volokolamsk

Volokolamsk is the types of inhabited localities in Russia and administrative center of Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, north-west of Moscow....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, into an aristocratic
Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
 family. He attended Moscow State University
Moscow State University

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , for a time the Lomonosov University , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia....
, studying mathematics
Mathematics

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 and physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
, while taking piano lessons from Alexander Dubuque (1812–98).






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Nikolai Sergeyevich Zverev (sometimes transliterated Nikolai Zveref; 1832–) was a Russian
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
 and teacher known for his pupils Mily Balakirev
Mily Balakirev

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian pianist, Conducting and composer. He is known today primarily for his work promoting nationalism in Russian music....
, 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....
, Alexander Siltoti, Alexander Goldenweisser, Mikhail Pressman, Leonid Maximov, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conducting. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romantic music in classical music....
, and Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin....
.

Life

Zverev was born in 1832 in Volokolamsk
Volokolamsk

Volokolamsk is the types of inhabited localities in Russia and administrative center of Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, north-west of Moscow....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, into an aristocratic
Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
 family. He attended Moscow State University
Moscow State University

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , for a time the Lomonosov University , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia....
, studying mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
 and physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
, while taking piano lessons from Alexander Dubuque (1812–98). He did not graduate, because he inherited a large family fortune, and moved to Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
 and became a civil servant
Civil service

The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis of merit which is proven by the use of competitive examinations....
. While there, he continued to study piano with Adolf von Henselt
Adolf von Henselt

Adolf von Henselt , Germany composer and pianist, was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria.At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Frau von Fladt....
, who emphasized the importance of practice, which was the basis of Zverev's own strict regime that he required of his students. Unsatisfied with civil service, and persuaded by Dubuque, he returned to Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 in 1867 to become a private teacher. In 1870, Nikolai Rubinstein asked him to teach at the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a prominent music school in Russia.It was co-founded in 1866 by Nikolai Rubinstein and Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy....
, which he did. He was gay, never married, and died at the age of 61, in 1893.

Teaching methods

Pupils had to audition to become a student of Zverev's. Once accepted, they would move into his house. He required many things of each student, including mandatory opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 attendances and chamber music
Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber....
 rehearsals. Throughout the week, his students had to practice many hours, but on Sunday, they would relax, and he would host an open house. In the afternoon and evening, he would invite musical and intellectual figures from all over Moscow. His guests included Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
, Alexander Taneyev
Alexander Taneyev

Alexander Sergeievich Taneyev was a Russian composer of the late Romantic music era, specifically of the Nationalism school. Among his best works were three string quartets, believed to be composed by him between 1898-1900....
, Anton Arensky
Anton Arensky

Anton Stepanovich Arensky , was a Russian composer of Romantic music, a pianist and a professor of music....
, Anton Rubinstein
Anton Rubinstein

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and Conducting. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos....
, Vasily Safonov
Vasily Ilyich Safonov

Vasily Ilyich Safonov ; Russian pianist, teacher, conducting and composer.Safonov, or Safonoff as he was known in the West during his lifetime, was born at Itschory, Russian Caucasus as the son of a Russian officer of Cossacks....
, Alexander Siloti
Alexander Siloti

Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, Conducting and composer. ...
, and other musicians, actors, lawyers, and professors. During these gatherings, he would allow no one to touch the piano, except to illustrate a point, because it was his students whom the gatherings were for.

Pupils

Zverev took only male students, and referred to them as "cubs" , as far as his surname is derived from Russian ????? (beast). The following were among his prominent students:

  • Mily Balakirev
    Mily Balakirev

    Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian pianist, Conducting and composer. He is known today primarily for his work promoting nationalism in Russian music....
  • Alexander Goldenweiser
    Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser

    Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser Pupils of Goldenweiser include Grigory Ginsburg, Lazar Berman, Samuil Feinberg, Kabalevsky, Nikolai Petrov, Nikolai Kapustin, Sulamita Aronovsky, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Felix Gottlieb and Ludmila Imnadze.....
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conducting. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romantic music in classical music....
  • Alexander Scriabin
    Alexander Scriabin

    Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin....
  • Alexander Siloti
    Alexander Siloti

    Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, Conducting and composer. ...
  • 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....
     (1873–1948) taught at the Moscow Conservatory, and gave lessons to Natalia Satina, who would become Rachmaninoff's wife.
  • Fyodor Keneman
    Fyodor Keneman

    Fyodor Keneman was a Russian pianist and composer.He was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Nikolai Zverev. After graduating in 1898, he began a 24-years collaboration with Feodor Chaliapin, both as an accompanist and arranger; his arrangement of The Volga Boatmen's Song made the song well-known abroad after Chaliapin's emigration....
     (1873–1937) was a friend of Rachmaninoff.
  • Leonid Maximof (1873–1904) died at age 29, terminating a successful career.
  • Matvei Pressman (1870–1937) became Head of the Rostov Conservatory.