Background
Nikolai was born on February 5, 1900, in Borisoglebsk, Tambov Governorate, Russian Federation.
conductor music critic professor
Nikolai was born on February 5, 1900, in Borisoglebsk, Tambov Governorate, Russian Federation.
Graduated from Borisoglebsk gymnasium, the Composition Faculty at Moscow Conservatory (1943, a pupil of Aleksandrov A.N.).
Since 1930 he was a conductor. A conductor of opera studio and teacher (since 1940), head of the Department of Opera-Symphonic Conducting (1949 – 1962) at the Moscow Conservatory.
Rozhdestvenskiy G., Zhyuraytis A. were among his pupils.
The author of musical compositions, educational materials “Practical guide on reading of symphony scores” (Moscow-Leningrad, 1951).
Translated into Russian H. Wood’s “About conducting” (Moscow, 1958), Charles Munch’s “I am a conductor” (Moscow, 1960).
Gave concerts in Voronezh (February, 1934, the concert hall of the cinema “Spartak”; January, 1936, the hall of the Great Soviet Theatre).
