Background
Cherepnin, Nikolai was born on May 15, 1873 in Petersburg.
Cherepnin, Nikolai was born on May 15, 1873 in Petersburg.
Studied at the Petersburg Conservatory. Studied at the Petersburg Conservatory. Pupil of N. Rimskii-Korsakov.
Professor of conducting at the Conservatory, 1908-1912. S. Prokofev was one of his pupils. Operatic conductor at the Petersburg People’s House, 1908-1914.
Conductor with Diaghilev’s company in Paris, 1909, 1911,1912. Taught at the Tiflis Music School, 1918-1921. Emigrated. Settled in Paris, 1921.
His music is in the classical tradition of the Beliaevskii Kruzhok. Also influenced by French impressionism and by the music of R. Strauss.