Boris Roubakine

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Boris Roubakine (born May 9, 1908 in Montreux , † April 30, 1974 in Calgary ) was a Canadian pianist and music teacher.

Born in Switzerland to Russian parents, Roubakine had his first piano lessons with his mother and with Mathilde de Ribaupierre in Lausanne from 1916 to 1920 . From 1926 to 1928 he studied music theory and composition with Aloys Fornerod , then until 1930 at the École Normale de Musique de Paris piano with Paul Loyonnet , composition with Paul Dukas and piano literature with Nadia Boulanger . He performed as a pianist in Switzerland in the 1930s and taught at the Institut de Ribaupierre in 1940 . Between 1939 and 1946 he undertook several concert tours with Bronisław Huberman, among others through the USA and Canada.

After several years in New York, he went to Toronto in 1949, where he taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music and at the University of Toronto . In addition, he went on concert tours with the violinist Betty-Jen Hagen through Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland and became known as an examiner and juror in competitions. From 1955 he headed the piano department at the Banff Center for the Arts . He also taught at the University of Alberta (1955-1960), at the University of British Columbia (1961-1967) and at the University of Calgary (from 1967). His numerous students included William Aide , Gwen Beamish MacMillan , Howard Brown , Ann Burrows , Diana McIntosh , Arlene Nimmons Pach , Arthur Ozolins , Willard Schultz , Tony Strong, and Nicole Wickihalder .

Roubakine was also known as a landscape photographer. He has exhibited and taught photography in the United States and Europe. From the income from this activity he set up a fund for the award of scholarships to piano students, which was continued after his death. At the Banff Center, the Roubakine Auditorium in Donald Cameron Hall commemorates his work. The University of Calgary named a concert hall after him.

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SURNAME Roubakine, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pianist and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreux
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1974
Place of death Calgary