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    • Nikolay Metner

    Composer and pianist
    Date of Birth: 05.01.1880
    Country: Russia

    Content:
    1. Nikolai Karlovich Medtner: A Musical Titan
    2. The Evolution of a Musician
    3. An Artistic Creed
    4. Teaching and Creative Peak
    5. Friendship with Rachmaninoff
    6. Trials During and After World War I
    7. Post-Revolutionary Emigration
    8. Life in Exile
    9. Final Years and Legacy

    Nikolai Karlovich Medtner: A Musical Titan

    Early Life and Education

    Nikolai Karlovich Medtner was born on December 24, 1879 (January 5, 1880) in Moscow, Russia, to Karl Petrovich and Alexandra Karlovna Medtner.

    His father was an avid philosopher and poet, while his mother had been a singer in her youth. From the age of six, Nikolai began piano lessons. By observing his brother Alexander play the violin, he learned to play the instrument himself.

    The Medtner brothers, along with their cousin Alexander Gedike, formed part of the renowned children's musical group, the A. Erarsky Orchestra.

    Medtner refused to play juvenile work