In the long line of great Russian composers, Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) occupies a curious place. Neither as fiery as Mussorgsky nor as emotionally raw as Tchaikovsky, Glazunov was a master of craft. His music radiates a refined elegance that blends

Alexander Glazunov, born on 10 August 1865, was Russia’s greatest symphonist in the generation immediately following Tchaikovsky, and he subsequently passed down his legacy to his most famous student, Dmitri Shostakovich. A prodigious musical talent, Glazunov began his studies with

After Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, born on 10 August 1865, was Russia’s greatest symphonist, who handed down this legacy to Dmitry Shostakovich. Being such a wonderful orchestral composer, it’s easy to overlook his achievements as a skilled and expert composer of

Alexander Glazunov, born on 10 August 1865 in St Petersburg, was a musical prodigy. His father Alexander was in the publishing business, and his mother Yelena, née Gromova, was a professional pianist. From his earliest years, Glazunov was blessed with

Outside Vienna, the finest waltz composer the world was acknowledged to be Tchaikovsky and another Russian master of this light genre was Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936). Between 1905 and 1928, he was director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory and shepherded it