Passion Week composer Maximilian Steinberg

A little about the April 2014 Passion Week composer Maximilian Steinberg

Russian composer and teacher, Maximilian Steinberg from the St Petersburg University conservatory in 1908 where his teachers had been Rimsky-Korsakov (composition), Lyadov (harmony) and Glazunov (orchestration). In 1908 he began his teaching career at the conservatory, where he was a teacher of noted students like Shostakovich and also finished Rimsky’s Principles of Orchestration and eventually became director of the (Leningrad) Conservatory.

We’ll explore this important composer as we get closer to April. Find out more about the concert in our preview post!