Search results for: “Tchaikovsky Conservatory”

  • Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era

    Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era

    …now represents unity and brotherhood. 2. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Swan Lake, a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, tells the enchanting story of a prince who falls in love with a…

  • Ernest Rozsa Plays Massenet’s Meditation

    Ernest Rozsa Plays Massenet’s Meditation

    …1975-1981, performing numerous concertos with conductors like Szalman Lorant and C. Mandeal. His repertoire included violin concertos by Brahms, Beethoven, Bartok, Sibelius, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky Trio, and Shostakovich. There were…

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Alexander Scriabin

    …died when he was just a year old. As a child who showed incredible musical promise, Scriabin entered the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 10, where he studied piano…

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov

    …Glazunov showed early promise as a musician, receiving his initial music education from his musically inclined mother before entering the St. Petersburg Conservatory at the age of 14. There, he…

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Frédéric Chopin

    …was already performing at private soirées, and at nine, he made his first public appearance at a charity concert. The Warsaw Conservatory In 1826, Chopin began his studies at the…

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Giacomo Puccini

    …gained admission to the prestigious Milan Conservatory in 1880. There, he studied under the tutelage of esteemed composers like Antonio Bazzini and Amilcare Ponchielli. Graduating from the conservatory in 1883,…

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    …The Five Upon his return to St. Petersburg in 1865, Rimsky-Korsakov was appointed a professor of composition and orchestration at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Despite his self-confessed lack of qualifications…

  • Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler

    …nurture his musical abilities. At 15, he was accepted into the prestigious Vienna Conservatory, where he honed his skills under the tutelage of eminent teachers. Here, he won prizes for…

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Isaac Albéniz

    …Studies in Leipzig and Brussels After several concert tours, Albéniz entered the Leipzig Conservatory in 1875. When his finances ran out, he obtained a scholarship to study at the Royal…

  • Zdeněk Fibich

    Zdeněk Fibich

    …composed over 50 compositions, predominantly piano pieces and songs. In 1865, Fibich was accepted into the prestigious Leipzig Conservatory, where he studied under the guidance of notable musicians like Ignaz…