Background
BLUMENFEL’D., Feliks was born on April 19, 1863 in village Kovalevka, Kherson Province.
conductor and composer Polish pianist
BLUMENFEL’D., Feliks was born on April 19, 1863 in village Kovalevka, Kherson Province.
1885 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory. Pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov.
1885-1897 instructor, 1897-1918 professor of piano and ensemble playing, Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory. 1918-1922 professor and director, Kiev Conservatory. 1922-1931 professor, Moscow' Conservatory.
1898-1918 conductor, Mariinskiy Theater. Also active as virtuoso pianist and accompanist. Directed various operas, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s Skazaniye o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii (Legend of the Invisible City Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya) (1907 at the Mariinskiy Theater, Saint St. Petersburg).
Moussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (1908 in Paris).