Having studied law, he started out as a civil servant and worked his way through the St Petersburg conservatory studying under Anton Rubinstein and, later, at the Moscow conservatoire under Nicolai Rubinstein.
Although he is perhaps the most famous of all.
Having studied law, he started out as a civil servant and worked his way through the St Petersburg conservatory studying under Anton Rubinstein and, later, at the Moscow conservatoire under Nicolai Rubinstein.
Although he is perhaps the most famous of all