Biography: Alexander Andrey Arkhangelsky, Alexander Arutyunyan, Alexander Balanescu, Alexander Borodin, Alexander Brott, Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Guilmant, Alexander Ivanovich Dubuque, Alexander Kipnis, Alexander l'Vovich Gurilyov,

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Alexander Andrey Arkhangelsky Biography, Photos, Pictures

A choir director and composer, Arkhangel’sky brought out the best in his performers, yielding a chorus that was in great demand Well-versed in Russian church music the repertoire of his company was extensive

Alexander Arutyunyan Biography, Photos, Pictures

Arutyunyan studied at the Erevan Conservatory and later at the House of Armenian Culture in Moscow He served as artistic director of The Armenian PO and taught composition at Erevan Conservatory

Alexander Balanescu Biography, Photos, Pictures

Violinist and violist Alexander Balanescu leads the Balanescu String Quartet, a group that is a crossover between classical and popular music Classically trained himself, Balanescu performed 20th century composers for three years, then decided to create a music addressed to more people than just music specialists

Alexander Borodin Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Russian composer in many forms, including opera (Prince Igor, 1887) Borodin was one of “The Mighty Five” Russians who wrote nationalist music The illegitimate son of a prince and a civil servant, he became an important research chemist and physical scientist

Alexander Brott Biography, Photos, Pictures

Brott studied at the McGill Conservatorium and at the Juilliard School He took a position at McGill in 1939 and founded the McGill Chamber Orchestra, an organization that has gone on to première many Canadian works

Alexander Glazunov Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Russian composer of symphonies, ballet (Raymonda, 1897), orchestral, and chamber music The end of Symphony no 4 and the beginning of Symphony no 5 are genuine emotional experiences, as is the lovely Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in a (1904), but despite having tremendous popularity in his day, much of Glazunov’s music now sounds formulistic

Alexander Guilmant Biography, Photos, Pictures

Guilmant won acclaim as an organist traveling to such diverse places as the United States, Canada, Russia, Spain, Italy, Holland, and Belgium His family was in the organ building business and he was an organist at St Nicolas in Boulogne

Alexander Ivanovich Dubuque Biography, Photos, Pictures

This Moscovite composer and pianist was a student of Field and a teacher of Balakirev and Zverev; the latter in turn taught Rakhmaninov, Skryabin and Ziloti Both Balakirev and Tchaikovsky dedictaed piano works to him

Alexander Kipnis Biography, Photos, Pictures

An American singer (bass) ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide

Alexander l'Vovich Gurilyov Biography, Photos, Pictures

Music education came from his father, Field and Genishta Before liberation he played for the serf orchestra of Count Vladimir Orlov and at the house of Prince Golitsin When he arrived in Moscow many of his songs were published; this was during his most productive period, 1840-1850

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