Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Igumnow
Konstantin Nikolayevich Igumnov ( Russian Константин Николаевич Игумнов , born April 19 . Jul / 1. May 1873 greg. In Lebedyan ; † 24. March 1948 in Moscow ) was a Russian composer and piano virtuoso .
Igumnow first studied piano privately with Nikolai Swerew , then at the Moscow Conservatory with Alexander Siloti and Christian Georg Paul Pabst , as well as theory and composition with Sergei Taneyev , Anton Arensky and Michail Ippolitow-Ivanov . In 1895 he took part in the Anton Rubinstein Competition in Berlin . In 1899 he became a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, which he directed from 1924 to 1929. In February 1910 he recorded six piano pieces for the Welte-Mignon reproduction piano . His numerous students include Lev Oborin , Jelena Beckmann-Shcherbina , Anatoli Alexandrow , Jakow Flier , Bella Davidovich , Rosa Tamarkina , Natalia Satina (the wife of Sergei Rachmaninov ) and the conductor Issay Dobrowen .
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1937)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1941)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1946)
- Order of Lenin (1945)
- Stalin Prize (1946)
- Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Web links
- Article Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Igumnow in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Igumnow, Konstantin Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Igumnov, Konstantin Nikolajewitsch; Игумнов, Константин Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian composer and piano virtuoso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebedjan , Tambov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1948 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |