About Nikolai Rakov
Lived 1908 – 1990 (aged 82). Nikolai Rakov was a Russian conductor, composer, music educator, professor, pianist and violinist.
Nikolai Petrovich Rakov (; – 3 November 1990) was a Soviet violinist, composer, conductor, and academic at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied. He composed mostly instrumental works, for orchestra, chamber music and piano music, especially pedagogic works. In 1946, he received the Stalin Prize for his first violin concerto, which became known internationally.
Life Born in Kaluga, Rakov first studied violin at the Rubinstein Music School in his hometown, and later composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Reinhold Glière and Sergei Vasilenko.
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Who was Nikolai Rakov?
Russian composer (1908-1990)
When was Nikolai Rakov born?
Nikolai Rakov was born on 1 March 1908 in Kaluga.
When did Nikolai Rakov die?
Nikolai Rakov died on 3 November 1990 in Moscow.
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Nikolai Rakov was a conductor, composer, music educator, professor, pianist and violinist.
What nationality was Nikolai Rakov?
Nikolai Rakov was Russian.
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