Background
Shcherbachev, Vladimir was born on January 24, 1889 in Warsaw.
Shcherbachev, Vladimir was born on January 24, 1889 in Warsaw.
Studied, concurrently, at the law and philological faculties of Petersburg University. Pupil of A. Liadov and M. Steinberg. Studied, concurrently, at the law and philological faculties of Petersburg University.
At the Petersburg Conservatory, 1908-1914. First symphonic compositions, 1910-1912. Musical director with Diaghilev’s company of opera and ballet in London, Rome, Paris and Monte Carlo, 1911.
Taught at the conservatory, 1912-1914. Army service, 1914-1918. Lecturer, director of the music department of the NARKOMPROS, 1918-1922.
Member of the Russian Institute of the History of Art,
1922-1931. Pianist and musical director with the Petrograd Philharmonic Orchestra, musical director of the Peredvizhnoi Theatre, and professor of composition at the Leningrad Conservatory, 1924-1931 and 1944-1948. Taught theory at the Institute of History of Art and at the Central Technical School for Music, 1926-1931.
Professor of composition at the Tiflis Conservatory, 1931-1932.