Dear friends,
For the 150th Anniversary of the Russian composer
Serge Rachmaninoff
We are pleasured to invite you a meeting with
Count Piotr Petrovich Cheremeteff
Academician, President of the Russian Musical Society in Paris (1988-2020)
President-Director of the Serge Rachmaninoff Conservatory of Paris (1988-2020)
on October 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
followed by a cocktail
In Russian and in French
The Conservatoire was established
between 1923 and 1931 by some of the most illustrious émigré professors from the music schools of Imperial Russia, who included Feodor Chaliapin, Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was the institution’s first honorary president and later became its namesake.
The first Director of the Conservatoire,
was invited Serge Wolkonsky. Then the directors were elected alternately Nikolai Tcherepnin, composer Pavel Kovalev (1946—1951), composer Arkadj Ougritchitch-Trebinsky (1951—1952) etc.
Among the first teachers:
Russian musicians Feodor Chaliapin, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Nikolay Kedrov Sr., his wife Sofia Gladkaya (Lila Kedrova‘s parents), Nikolai Medtner, Alexandra Jacovleva (sister of Alexandre Jacovleff), Yelena Terian-Korganova, Nicolas Zverev, Serge Lifar, Varvara Strakhova, Yuliy Konus, Marya Slavina etc.
In 1931, the newly constituted Société musicale russe de France took over the management of the Conservatoire, with the intention of continuing the work of the Russian Musical Society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1859.
In 1931, the newly constituted
Société musicale russe de France took over the management of the Conservatoire, with the intention of continuing the work of the Russian Musical Society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1859.
Since 1932, the Conservatoire has regularly hosted concerts by prestigious musicians from across the globe, among them Vladimir Horowitz, Nathan Milstein, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Alexander Borovsky.[4] Recognized as a public benefit organization (utilité publique) in 1983, the Société musicale russe de France presided by Count Piotr Sheremetev.
wikipedia.org
The Conservatoire was established
between 1923 and 1931 by some of the most illustrious émigré professors from the music schools of Imperial Russia, who included Feodor Chaliapin, Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was the institution’s first honorary president and later became its namesake.
The first Director of the Conservatoire,
was invited Serge Wolkonsky. Then the directors were elected alternately Nikolai Tcherepnin, composer Pavel Kovalev (1946—1951), composer Arkadj Ougritchitch-Trebinsky (1951—1952) etc.
Among the first teachers:
Russian musicians Feodor Chaliapin, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Nikolay Kedrov Sr., his wife Sofia Gladkaya (Lila Kedrova‘s parents), Nikolai Medtner, Alexandra Jacovleva (sister of Alexandre Jacovleff), Yelena Terian-Korganova, Nicolas Zverev, Serge Lifar, Varvara Strakhova, Yuliy Konus, Marya Slavina etc.
In 1931, the newly constituted Société musicale russe de France took over the management of the Conservatoire, with the intention of continuing the work of the Russian Musical Society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1859.
In 1931, the newly constituted
Société musicale russe de France took over the management of the Conservatoire, with the intention of continuing the work of the Russian Musical Society founded in Saint Petersburg in 1859.
Since 1932, the Conservatoire has regularly hosted concerts by prestigious musicians from across the globe, among them Vladimir Horowitz, Nathan Milstein, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Alexander Borovsky.[4] Recognized as a public benefit organization (utilité publique) in 1983, the Société musicale russe de France presided by Count Piotr Sheremetev.
wikipedia.org
