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Mikhail Azanchevskii (1839–1881)

Mikhail Azanchevskii

Russian pianist and composer (b, 24 March/5 April 1839 in Moscow; d. 12/24 January 1881 in Moscow), born Mikhail Pavlovich Azanchevskii (Михаил Павлович Азанчевский, Mihail Pavlovič Azančevskij, Mikhail Pavlovich Azanchevsky).

In 1858 he resigned his civil service post to study music theory in Leipzig with Richter and Hauptmann, and later took lessons from Liszt in Rome. In 1870 he was appointed honorary librarian to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and the following year became its director. He was also chairman of the board of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian Musical Society from 1870 to 1876, when ill health forced his resignation from both posts.

Correspondence with Mikhail Azanchevskii:

• 2 letters from Tchaikovsky to Mikhail Azanchevskii have survived, dating from 1871 to 1875.