Anton Rubinstein

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (?????? ???????????? ???????????) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist, he was regarded as a rival to Franz Liszt and has been described by historians as one of the greatest virtuosos in history.

Life

Rubinstein was born in Vikhvatinets, probably in the same year as von Bulow and Leschetizky (1830). He learned the piano from an early age, and made his first public appearance at the age of nine. He was taken to Paris, and then to Berlin, where he studied composition. He then moved to Vienna, where he briefly taught, before returning to Russia in 1848 where he worked as a musician to the sister-in-law of the Tsar.

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Vikhvatinets - Von Bulow - Leschetizky - Piano - Paris - Berlin - Vienna - 1848

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He began to tour again as a pianist in the late 1850s, before settling in St. Petersburg, where in 1862 he founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the first music school in Russia. He took a teaching post there, instructing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky amongst others. He also continued to make tours as a pianist, and spent a short stint teaching in Dresden towards the end of his life.

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1850s - St. Petersburg - 1862 - St. Petersburg Conservatory - Music school - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dresden

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Rubinstein died in Peterhof, having suffered from heart disease for some time.

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Peterhof - Heart disease

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