Fyodor Akimenko

Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko ( Russian Фёдор Степанович Акименко , scientific. Transliteration Fedor Stepanovič Akimenko ; born February 8 ^{. Jul} / 20th February 1876 ^greg. In Kharkov , Russian Empire , † 8. January 1945 in Paris ) was a Russian-Ukrainian composer , Pianist and music teacher .

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Akimenko was a student of Mili Balakirew in the St. Petersburg court chapel from 1886 to 1895 . From 1895 to 1900 he studied composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , Anatoli Lyadow and Jāzeps Vītols .

For some time he worked as a teacher at the court choir and belonged to the Beljajew circle , a group of young composers. From 1901 to 1903 he was the director of the later Tbilisi Conservatory , from 1903 to 1906 Akimenko lived in France before he returned to Kharkiv in the Ukraine. From 1915 to 1923 he taught at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. In 1929 he moved to Paris.

As a composer, he created the opera Feja snegow (The Snow Queen , 1914), a ballet, several orchestral works and chamber music, including a cello sonata, a string trio and two violin sonatas. In addition, he created piano works, songs and choirs.

Akimenko was Igor Stravinsky's first composition teacher .

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Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Akimenko, Feodor Stepanowitsch. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 16 (first edition: 1882).
Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Akimenko, Feodor Stepanowitsch. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 10 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

Literature by and about Fyodor Akimenko in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Fjodor Akimenko at Discogs (English)

Fjodor Akimenko on MusicBrainz (English)

IMSLP: Theodore Akimenko (catalog raisonné). Retrieved April 13, 2019 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Riemann Musiklexikon, 1959.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Marina Lobanova: Akimenko, Fëdor Stepanovič. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Riemann Musiklexikon, 1972.

personal data
SURNAME	Akimenko, Fyodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Akimenko, Fyodor Stepanovich (full name); Akimenko, Théodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian-Ukrainian composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kharkiv , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 1945
Place of death	Paris

[:1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Riemann Musiklexikon, 1959.

[mgg-2] Marina Lobanova: Akimenko, Fëdor Stepanovič. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

[:0-3] Riemann Musiklexikon, 1972.