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Nikolai Rubinstein
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Russian pianist, conductor and composer (1835-1881)
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Nikolai Rubinstein was a Russian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator born in Moscow in 1835. He was a citizen of the Russian Empire and spoke Russian. His musical genre was classical music, and he played the piano. He studied under Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn, Theodor Kullak, Franz Xaver Gebel, and Alexander Villoing. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory and had Alexander Siloti as a student.
He was the sibling of Anton Rubinstein and adhered to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Rubinstein died in Paris on March 11, 1881, from tuberculosis due to natural causes. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery and Danilov Monastery. His life and work are described in sources including the Nordisk familjebok, the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Russian Biographical Dictionary.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Russia
- Active from
- 1835
- Active to
- 1881
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 97
- Total plays
- 281
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Никола́й Григо́рьевич Рубинште́йн; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1835 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1881) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nikolai+Rubinstein">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- 14 June [ O.S. 2 June ] 1835, Moscow, Russia
- Died
- 23 March [ O.S. 11 March ] 1881 (aged 45), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Occupations
- Pianist conductor composer
- Known for
- Founder of the Moscow Conservatory (1859)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolay
- Family name
- Rubinstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- music educator
- Employer
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Student of
- Alexander Villoing
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Nikolai Rubinstein 1872.jpg
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- place of burial
- Danilov Monastery
- Commons category
- Nikolai Rubinstein
- date of birth
- 1835-06-14
- date of death
- 1881-03-23
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of burial or cremation
- 1881-03-26
- P8168
- Barlow's formula
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Nikolai Rubinstein, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1835 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1881) was a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Life
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