Nikolay Dimitriyevich Kashkin
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Nikolay Dimitriyevich Kashkin (1839-1920) was a music critic as well as a professor of piano and music theory at the Moscow Conservatoire. The son of a Voronezh
bookseller, Kashkin was a self-taught musician who had started giving piano lessons by the time he was 13 years old. In 1860 he travelled to Moscow
for further study in piano with Alexandre Dubuque
. There he met Herman Avgustovich Laroche, Nikolay Rubinstein and Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.
As a critic, Kashkin would do valuable service to promoting Tchaikovsky's music. Kashkin published his recollections of Tchaikovsky three years after the composer's death.
Voronezh
Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
bookseller, Kashkin was a self-taught musician who had started giving piano lessons by the time he was 13 years old. In 1860 he travelled to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
for further study in piano with Alexandre Dubuque
Alexandre Dubuque
Alexandre Dubuque, also Alexander and Dubuc , was a 19th century Russian-resident expatriate French pianist, composer and teacher.He was a student of John Field and later gave piano lessons to Mily Balakirev and Nikolai Zverev....
. There he met Herman Avgustovich Laroche, Nikolay Rubinstein and Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.
As a critic, Kashkin would do valuable service to promoting Tchaikovsky's music. Kashkin published his recollections of Tchaikovsky three years after the composer's death.