About Alexander Glazunov

Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov; 10th August 1865-21st March 1936) was a Russian composer and influential music teacher. Glazunov was born in St Petersburg. He studied music under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The first of his nine symphonies was premiered in 1882, when Glazunov was sixteen years old. His popular "Stenka Razin" was also a youthful work. Glazunov also wrote three ballets. In 1899, Glazunov became a professor at the St Petersburg School of Music, and later its director. He left Russia in 1928, toured Europe and the United States, and died in Paris. With the help of his mentor and friend Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov finished some of Alexander Borodin's great works, the most famous being the opera Prince Igor, including the popular "Polovtsian Dances".