Background
Goldenweiser was born in Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russia, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Sergei Taneyev and Vassily Safonoff, winning the Gold Medal for Piano upon his graduation in 1897.
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Alexander Goldenweiser
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Education
Moscow Conservatory.
Career
He joined the faculty of the Conservatory shortly afterward, and during his tenure there, his pupils included Grigory Ginzburg, Lazar Berman, Samuil Feinberg, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Galina Eguiazarova, Nikolai Petrov, Nikolai Kapustin, Alexander Braginsky, Sulamita Aronovsky, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Dmitry Paperno, Oxana Yablonskaya, Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Dmitri Bashkirov, Dmitry Blagoy and many others Rachmaninoff"s Second Suite, Operation 17, was dedicated to him as well as Medtner"s Lyric Fragments, Operation
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He published memories of his relationship with Tolstoy in his book Vblizi Tolstogo. He made a number of renowned recordings as a pianist, including four recordings on piano roll for the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano in 1910. He died in 1961, in Moscow Oblast.
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Achievements
Membership
Union of Soviet Composers.
Connections
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Died
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Nationality
Russian Empire Soviet Union