Anton Rubinstein

Russia, 1839–1894

Titan pianist and founder of Russia's first conservatory (St Petersburg, 1862) — champion of German academic training, and Tchaikovsky's composition teacher.

Influenced by

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Franz Liszt
• Frédéric Chopin
• Robert Schumann

Influenced

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Sergei Taneyev