Alexander Winkler was part of the Belyayev Circle, a group of Russian composers led by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which believed in the necessity of a Western-style academic education.
Composer Biography
Anton Rubinstein was considered the heir to the great romantic virtuosity of Franz Liszt on the piano and Niccolò Paganini on the violin.
Composer Biography
Alexander Winkler, a Russian composer of German origin, was the piano teacher of the young Sergei Prokofiev at the St Petersburg Conservatory.
Performer Biography
Luca Sanzò, the violist on this recording, plays a 1977 Pietro Gaggini viola that previously belonged to Luciano Vicari.
Composer Biography
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a prominent pupil of Anton Rubinstein, was recommended by Rubinstein to his brother, Nikolai Rubinstein, for a teaching position at the Moscow Conservatory.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Anton Rubinstein's compositions, despite grand themes, often lacked character and personality, partly due to his reputed haste in composing and his preference for German Romanticism over a personalized Russian style.
Composer Biography
Anton Rubinstein, a Russian pianist and composer, founded the first music conservatory in Russia, the St Petersburg Conservatory, and was its first director.
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