26 February] 1875 – 26 November 1961)[1][2] was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.
[1] In 1889, he was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Alexander Siloti (also Ziloti).
He also studied composition with Anton Arensky and counterpoint with Sergei Taneyev (1892–1893).
He joined the faculty of the Conservatory shortly afterward, where he worked as the dean, and during his tenure there, his pupils included Grigory Ginzburg, Lazar Berman, Samuil Feinberg, Rosa Tamarkina, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Galina Eguiazarova, Nikolai Kapustin, Alexander Braginsky, Sulamita Aronovsky, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Dmitry Paperno, Nodar Gabunia [ka], Oxana Yablonskaya, Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Dmitri Bashkirov, Dmitry Blagoy [ru], and many others.
[4][5] He published memories of his relationship with Tolstoy in his book Vblizi Tolstogo.