Ivan Alchevsky - Lensky’s Aria

Ivan Alchevsky (1876-1917) was born in in Kharkov to a prosperous and artistic family. His father Oleksiy was a famed industrialist and banker, his mother Krystyna, a renowned teacher and pedagogue and his sister Krystia was a celebrated poet. Alchevsky showed early promise as a musician and studied violin and voice with his brother Grigori, a renowned poet, composer, voice teacher and singer. In 1901, the elder Alchevsky committed suicide following the failure of his business, plunging the family into b