RUBINSTEIN, ANTON GRIGORYEVICH
- RUBINSTEIN, ANTON GRIGORYEVICH
- RUBINSTEIN, ANTON GRIGORYEVICH (1829–1894), Russian virtuoso
pianist and composer. Born in Vykhvatinetz, Podolia, Rubinstein, whose
parents abandoned Judaism soon after his birth, had his first piano
lessons from his mother and appeared as a prodigy in Moscow in 1839,
then in Paris and London. He won the approval of Liszt, was influenced
by mendelssohn whom he met in London, and by the time he was 24
had had two operas performed. In 1858 the grand duchess Helena Pavlovna
of Russia appointed him court pianist. With her help, he founded the St.
Petersburg Conservatory in 1862, becoming its director. Resuming his
tours, he was repeatedly acclaimed as a concert pianist in Europe and
the U.S., and also gained renown for his own compositions. In 1890 he
established the Rubinstein Prize, an international competition for young
pianists and composers. Some of his compositions reflected the influence
of his Jewish background, such as the operas The Demon
(1871), The Maccabees (1875), Nero (1879), and
Sulamith (1883); the oratorios Paradise Lost
(1855), The Tower of Babel (1870), concertos for piano,
violin, and cello, string quartets, trios, and Moses (1887).
His works also included ten symphonies, sonatas, piano works, and over
100 vocal pieces. Little of his music, however, has remained in the
concert repertoire. An English version of Anton Rubinstein's
autobiography appeared in 1903. Anton's younger brother, NIKOLAY
GRIGORYEVICH (1835–1881), was also an outstanding pianist,
conductor and teacher. He founded the Moscow Conservatory (1866), which
he headed until his death, and actively promoted the music of
Tchaikovsky, who dedicated a piano trio to his memory.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
C.D. Bowen, "Free Artist," The Story of Anton and Nicholas
Rubinstein (1961), incl. bibl.; L. Barenboym, Anton
Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn, 2 vols. (Rus., 1957); T.A. Khoprova,
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn 1829–1894 (Russ., 1963);
Grove, Dict; Riemann-Gurlitt; MGG.
(Michael Goldstein)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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Rubinstein, Anton (Grigoryevich) — born Nov. 28, 1829, Vykhvatinets, Podolia province, Russia died Nov. 20, 1894, Peterhof Russian composer and pianist. Touring as a piano virtuoso, he met Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt in Paris and Giacomo Meyerbeer in Berlin. After several… … Universalium
Rubinstein, Anton Grigoryevich — (1829 94) Russian pianist and composer. Born in Vykhvatinetz, Podolia, his family moved to Moscow. In 1844 the family moved to Berlin; when his father died the family went to Russia, but Anton spent two years in Vienna giving piano lessons. In … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
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