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Nikolai Rakov
Nikolai Petrovich Rakov (; 14 March 1908 – 3 November 1990) was a Soviet violinist, composer, conductor, and academic at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied. He composed mostly instrumental
Nikolai Petrovich Rakov (; 14 March 1908 – 3 November 1990) was a Soviet violinist, composer, conductor, and academic at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied. He composed mostly instrumental works, for orchestra, chamber music and piano music, especially pedagogic works. In 1946, he received the Stalin Prize for his first violin concerto, which became known internationally. Life Born in Kaluga, Rakov first studied violin at the Rubinstein Music School in his hometown, and later composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Reinhold Glière and Sergei Vasilenko. External links * Catalog of works (in English) * Nikolai Petrovich Rakov musicalics.com * Midi samples of selected works (in Russian) * Broadcast from 1955 of Rakov’s Scherzino for violin and piano (British Library)
- Era
- 20th Century
- Lived
- 1908–1990
- From
- Soviet Union
- Born in
- Kaluga · died Moscow
- Known as
- conductor, composer, music educator, professor, pianist, violinist
- Instruments
- violin
- Genres
- classical music