Rubinstein, Anton 11/16/1829 - 11/08/1894

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), Russian pianist, conductor and composer, gave his first public appearance at age 10. He studied in Moscow, Berlin and Paris. Franz Liszt was among his teachers. After 1848 he settled in Paris and began composing. Along with his celebrated concert tours as pianist and composer throughout Europe, he taught at the Imperial Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where Peter Tschaikowsky was among his students. His piano concertos and a few of his over 125 songs are still performed today.