Safonov composer biography

He was awarded the highest gratitude “for the brilliant participation of the conservatory in musical trials in the presence of their Imperial Majesty” on May 18 and 23, “For the works of the construction of a new building in the conservatory” Archive of the Moscow Conservatory. He was awarded the orders of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree, St. Stanislav 1st and 2nd degrees, a silver medal on the Alexander Ribbon in the memory of Emperor Alexander III, a silver medal on the St.

Andrew's ribbon in memory of the Holy Coronation of their imperial majesty, the Bulgarian folk order "For civilian merits", an officer cross of the 2nd degree. The All -Russian competition of young pianists in Pyatigorsk named after Safonov C and the All -Russian Pianists named after Safonov in Kisaphovsk and Kazan are held. Born on January 25, the village of Ishcherekaya Terek Province, died on February 14, Pianist, teacher, conductor, musical and public figure.

Professor Director of the Moscow Conservatory - beginning. Born in the family of Podesaul Ilya Ivanovich Safonov, a participant in all military campaigns in the Caucasus, whom in the city Initially, Safonov studied at the first male gymnasium, after 3 years he was transferred to the state -owned pupils of the Imperial Alexander of the former Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Back in the gymnasium, he took private music lessons from A.

Valluan, later, in the lyceum, from T. Leshetic piano. In the fall of the same year, at the age of 27, he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory to the class of L. at the same time took the composition lessons from N. assessing the successes of Safonov, Brassen advised him to finish the conservatory with an external. Having brilliantly passing the final exams in and receiving a small gold medal, he remained teaching at the St.

Petersburg Conservatory. Then he began an active concert activity as a soloist and in a duet with K. Davydov, A. later concerts a lot in an ensemble with L. Auer, J. Hecking-Denangsi, M. Pursu, I. Grzhimali and others.

He combined extensive touring activities with the pedagogical, gaining the reputation of one of the most reputable professors of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. At the invitation of P. Tchaikovsky, with the began to work at the Moscow Conservatory, which caused a protest of Safonov’s associates at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, primarily its director Davydov.

According to the memoirs of D. Shore, Safonov first had to go at the Moscow Conservatory “Against the Towed” in many matters, including the setting of hands and ending with repertoire policy; Gradually won the authority in the conservatory as a teacher of Shor D. among the students: G. Beklemyshev, E. Bekman-Shcherbin, A. Gedike, A. Grechaninov, Yu. Iserlis, D.

Kornilov, I. Levin, G. Makridi, M. Mechik, N. Meter, L. Nikolaev, M. Presman, S. Samuelson, A. Skryabin, and also prominent organizers of the musical music. Education-V. Zograph-Plaksin, sisters of Gnesina, V. Shatskaya Demyanova. As a result of the persistent persuasion of Tchaikovsky and S. Taneyev, he agreed to become the director of the Moscow Conservatory from the 8th grade of the college assessor, at the request of the main directorate of Irmo, the personal disposal of Alexander III was made as a real state adviser, who corresponded to the position of director of the conservatory.

The appointment of Safonov to the post of director was met in the conservatory ambiguously annoyed mainly measures to strengthen the academic discipline among teachers and negligent students. Safonov put things in order in orchestral and choral classes, which as a result have reached a high professional level. Большое внимание уделил укреплению педагогического состава, включив в него Ф.

Бузони, В. Сапельникова, П. Шлёцера фортепиано , А. Мазетти, К. Эверарди, Л. Джиральдони, В. Зарудную пение , М. Ипполитова-Иванова теоретические предметы и оперный класс , а также талантливых выпускников — К. Киппа, А. Скрябина, I. Levin, K. Igumnov, A. Yaroshevsky, D. Kornilov, D. Weis, F. Keneman, A. Koreshchenko, G. Konyus, S. Vasilenko and others. Dvorzhak, K.

Saint-Sansa, F. Nikish, from Russian conductors-Tchaikovsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Taneyev, A. Rubinstein, E. Director, A. Arena, A. Arena, A. Arena, A. Arena, A. Arena. Ippolitova-Ivanova. However, the abundance of touring did not contribute to the creation of a whole orchestral team. In parallel, he was actively engaged in musical and educational activities, organizing regular “public concerts” for the general masses of the population in the Tin Circus on Vozdvizhenka.

The soloists in them were Taneyev, A. Ziloti, Grzhimali and other famous musicians. He also revived the tradition of concerts in favor of the widow and orphans of artists-musicians, the F. Chaliapin, L. Sobinov, A. Nezhdanov, N. Fignal, I. Tartakov, I. Hoffmann, Ya. Kubelik, as conductors-Safonov himself, Rimsky-Korsakov, Taneyes performed. Rachmaninov, Skryabin, Metner.

The intensive and sharp rise in musical life in Moscow prompted Safonov to begin the construction of a new building of the Moscow Conservatory, its solemn laying took place on July 27. By the fall of G. In these years, Safonov’s popularity as a conductor increased.At the same time, he began to reduce the pedagogical load: remaining the director of the conservatory, he led classes of special piano and chamber ensemble.

Having returned to Russia in the city of rejection, he also caused rejection to the draft charter of the Moscow Conservatory, which made Safonov actually the sole leader of the educational institution.