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Pavel Peterssen

Russian pianist (b. 1831; d. April 1895 in Saint Petersburg), born Pavel Leont'evich Peterssen (Павел Леонтьевич Петерссен, Pavel Leont'evič Peterssen, Pavel Leont'yevich Peterssen); also known outside Russia as Paul Petersen.

A pupil of Adolf Henselt (1814–1889), Peterssen taught piano classes at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 to 1868, During the early 1890s he was also programming director of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian Musical Society, in which capacity he corresponded with Tchaikovsky regarding concert arrangements.

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Pavel Peterssen:

• 18 letters from Tchaikovsky to Pavel Peterssen have survived, dating from 1886 to 1893.