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Name. Role. Contact. Alexei Vasiliev. Rector, professor. rectorat@conservatory.ru + 7 (812) 312-21-29 + 7 (812) 407-95-01. Stanislav Ustinov. Pro-rector for Administrative Supervision
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.
St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded in 1862 following the initiative and through the active organizational skills of the renowned pianist and composer Anton. Rubinstein. During its first year as many as 179 students were enrolled, the number went up to 200 in later years. Many renowned musicians were among the conservatory professors.
The first Russian Conservatory opened in St. Petersburg on 20 September 1862 with a ceremonial meeting of students and teachers. From then onwards it has changed its name three times (in line with the changes of the name of the city) and in 1918 it changed its status becoming a public educational institution. Its location was changed four times.
St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded in 1862 following the initiative and through the active organizational skills of the renowned pianist and composer Anton. Rubinstein. During its first year as many as 179 students were enrolled, the number went up to 200 in later years. Many renowned musicians were among the conservatory professors.
St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov is the first conservatory in Russia. Founded on the basis of the Music Classes of the Russian Musical Society, opened at the initiative of pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein, the conservatory was opened on September 8 (20), 1862. It is located in the building of the Bolshoi ...
The St. Petersburg Conservatory opened on 8 September 1862—Russia's thousandth birthday. After exhorting students the day before to eschew absenteeism, Rubinstein at 9 o’clock on the first morning was alone at his post—no teacher and no student other than Alexander Ivanovich Rubets, a singer, folklorist, and future professor, who recalled 50 years later:
