Alexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky
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Alexandre Yakovlevich Mogilevsky (18851953) was a classical concert violinist and director of the Kremlin Band for Tsar Nicholas II
. Born in Odessa
in 1885, Mogilevsky moved to Moscow
in 1898 to study music at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory of Music (now Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory) where he graduated first in his class.
Mogilevsky was a student, colleague, and close friend of Alexander Scriabin
, with whom he travelled in 1910 on a tour arranged by the conductor Serge Koussevitzky
.
In 1929, Mogilevsky met and married the Duchess Nadedja Nicolaïevna de Leuchtenberg
, who accompanied him on piano as the two started what was to be a world tour. The tour began in the Far East, with concerts in Singapore, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and Japan.
One of Mogilevsky's more famous students was Shinichi Suzuki whom he taught in Tokyo in 1931. Suzuki was the originator of "The Suzuki Method" of violin instruction.
Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
. Born in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
in 1885, Mogilevsky moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1898 to study music at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory of Music (now Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory) where he graduated first in his class.
Mogilevsky was a student, colleague, and close friend of Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
, with whom he travelled in 1910 on a tour arranged by the conductor Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky , was a Russian-born Jewish conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.-Early career:...
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In 1929, Mogilevsky met and married the Duchess Nadedja Nicolaïevna de Leuchtenberg
Duke of Leuchtenberg
Duke of Leuchtenberg was a title created by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and awarded to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus. Little is known about this title until its re-creation by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria on 14 November 1817 and awarded to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais...
, who accompanied him on piano as the two started what was to be a world tour. The tour began in the Far East, with concerts in Singapore, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and Japan.
One of Mogilevsky's more famous students was Shinichi Suzuki whom he taught in Tokyo in 1931. Suzuki was the originator of "The Suzuki Method" of violin instruction.