Moscow Conservatory

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Moscow Conservatory.

The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent music school in Russia.

It was co-founded in 1866 by Nikolai Rubinstein, brother of the famous Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein, who founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862, and Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy.

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

1 Some notable alumni
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

Some notable alumni

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina - pianist
Rowena Arrieta - pianist
Vladimir Ashkenazy - pianist, conductor
Yuri Bashmet - violist, conductor
Boris Berezovsky - concert pianist
Lazar Berman - pianist
Sofia Gubaidulina - composer
Natalia Gutman - cellist
Bella Davidovich - pianist
Edison Denisov - composer
Samuil Feinberg - pianist, composer
Andrei Gavrilov - pianist
Emil Gilels - pianist
Alexei Gorokhov - violinist, musicologist, professor
Rustem Hayroudinoff -pianist
Waleed Howrani - composer and pianist
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky - composer and pianist
Olga Kern - pianist
Tikhon Khrennikov - composer
Leonid Kogan - violinist
Aram Khachaturian - composer
Yuri Kholopov - musicologist, music theorist
Josef Lhévinne - pianist
Radu Lupu - pianist
Nikolai Lugansky - pianist
Dmitry Malikov - pianist
Victor Merzhanov - pianist
Viktoria Mullova - violinist
Anahit Nersesyan - Armenian classical pianists
Tatiana Nikolayeva - pianist
Lev Oborin - pianist
Aleksandra Pakhmutova - composer
Dmitry Paperno - pianist
Gregor Piatigorsky - cellist
Mikhail Pletnev - pianist, composer, conductor
Ivo Pogorelić - pianist
Sergei Rachmaninoff - composer, pianist, and conductor
Sviatoslav Richter - pianist
Mstislav Rostropovich - cellist and conductor
Alfred Schnittke - composer
Vladimir Spivakov - violinist, conductor
Alexander Scriabin - composer and pianist
Aleksandr Sokolov - Russian Minister of Culture
Rodion Shchedrin - composer and pianist
Viktor Tretiakov - violinist
Eliso Virsaladze - pianist

References

The Moscow Conservatory. Information Booklet. Second Edition. Moscow, 2001. ISBN 5-89598-111-9.
Moscow Conservatoire. Moscow, 1994. ISBN 5-86419-006-3.
Moscow Conservatory: Traditions of Music Education, Art, and Science 1866-2006. Moscow: "Moskovskaya Konservatoriya" Publishing House, 2006.
Loomis, George (April 18, 2001), "Moscow's Great Hall Turns 100", International Herald Tribune, <http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/04/18/loomis_ed2_.php>