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Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Russian cellist, teacher, and composer (b. 1847; d. after 1910), born Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kuznetsov (Александр Васильевич Кузнецов, Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kuznecov, Alexander Vasil'yevich Kuznetsov).

A contemporary of Tchaikovsky's at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory during the 1860s, Kuznetsov became a member of the "Russian Quartet" in Saint Petersburg, and regularly participated in quartet concerts of the Russian Musical Society, in which he regularly played Tchaikovsky's works.

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Aleksandr Kuznetsov:

• 1 letter from Tchaikovsky to Aleksandr Kuznetsov has survived, dating from 1875.