Background
Metner, Nikolai was born on January 5, 1880 in Moscow.
Metner, Nikolai was born on January 5, 1880 in Moscow.
Studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Pupil of V. Safonov, A. Arenskii and S. Taneev.
Professor of the Moscow Conservatory, 1909-1910, 1915-1921. Emigrated. In Berlin, 1921. Lived mainly in France, 1924-1935.
Concerts in the USA, England and France, 1928-1930. Visited the USSR, 1927. Concerts in Moscow. Lived in London from 1936.
Adherent of the classical tradition. Opposed to modernism. Composed mainly chamber music.