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Vasily Safonov
Vasily Ilyich Safonov (Russian: Василий Ильич Сафонов; 25 January [O.S. 6 February] 1852 – 27 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Vasily Safonov, also known as Safonoff in the West during his lifetime, was born in Ishcherskaya (also rendered as Itschory, Itsyursk, or Itsiursk) in the Russian Caucasus (present-day Chechnya), the son of Cossack General Ilya Ivanovich Safonov.
He studied at the Imperial Alexandra Lyceum in Saint Petersburg and later at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1881 to 1885 under Louis Brassin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and received the conservatory's gold medal in piano performance. He also studied under Theodor Leschetizky and Nikolai Zaremba.
Safonov had three daughters who pursued artistic careers. Anna Vasilyevna Timiryova (1893–1975) became a poet and later spent many years in labor camps and exile. Varvara Vasilievna Safonova (1895–1942), a painter, died during the Siege of Leningrad. Yelena Vasilievna Safonova (1902–1980) studied painting, designed theatre costumes, and published children's books; she lived in exile in Kursk from 1932 to 1958.
Safonov was best known for his work in music education. He became director of the Moscow Conservatory in 1889 and later served as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York from 1906 to 1909.
Among his students were several of Russia's most prominent pianists, including Alexander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, Josef Lhévinne and Rosina Bessie (later Lhévinne). He also taught the theorist and pedagogue Maria Levinskaya as well as Marthe Servine, a French-American composer and pianist. See also: List of music students by teacher
After retiring from teaching, Safonov achieved recognition as a conductor. He conducted the first Moscow performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony (No. 6) on 4/16 December 1893, seven weeks after its premiere under the composer's direction and six weeks after his death.
Safonov conducted many of Europe's leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic, the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the New York Philharmonic.
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Vasily Safonov
Vasily Ilyich Safonov (Russian: Василий Ильич Сафонов; 25 January [O.S. 6 February] 1852 – 27 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Vasily Safonov, also known as Safonoff in the West during his lifetime, was born in Ishcherskaya (also rendered as Itschory, Itsyursk, or Itsiursk) in the Russian Caucasus (present-day Chechnya), the son of Cossack General Ilya Ivanovich Safonov.
He studied at the Imperial Alexandra Lyceum in Saint Petersburg and later at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1881 to 1885 under Louis Brassin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and received the conservatory's gold medal in piano performance. He also studied under Theodor Leschetizky and Nikolai Zaremba.
Safonov had three daughters who pursued artistic careers. Anna Vasilyevna Timiryova (1893–1975) became a poet and later spent many years in labor camps and exile. Varvara Vasilievna Safonova (1895–1942), a painter, died during the Siege of Leningrad. Yelena Vasilievna Safonova (1902–1980) studied painting, designed theatre costumes, and published children's books; she lived in exile in Kursk from 1932 to 1958.
Safonov was best known for his work in music education. He became director of the Moscow Conservatory in 1889 and later served as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York from 1906 to 1909.
Among his students were several of Russia's most prominent pianists, including Alexander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, Josef Lhévinne and Rosina Bessie (later Lhévinne). He also taught the theorist and pedagogue Maria Levinskaya as well as Marthe Servine, a French-American composer and pianist. See also: List of music students by teacher
After retiring from teaching, Safonov achieved recognition as a conductor. He conducted the first Moscow performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony (No. 6) on 4/16 December 1893, seven weeks after its premiere under the composer's direction and six weeks after his death.
Safonov conducted many of Europe's leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic, the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the New York Philharmonic.