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Alfred (Konstantin Edmundovich) von GlennАльфред (Константин Эдмундович) фон ГленRussian cellist, born in 1858. A student of Karl Davydov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Alfred von Glenn gave solo cello recitals in cities such as Dresden, Vienna, Paris and London, and regularly performed with Sergei Taneev, Aleksandr Ziloti, Vasilii Safonov, Leopold Auer and Jan Hřímalý. From 1880 to 1890 he was principal of the cello, double bass and chamber ensemble classes at the Khar'kov Music School, and in 1888 he founded Khar'kov University's student symphony orchestra. At the invitation of Vasilii Safonov, in 1890 he became professor at the Moscow Conservatory (where his students included Gregor Piatgtorskii), and taught there until his retirement in 1921. Alfred von Glenn died in 1927. |