Today is Rakov’s birthday (14 March 1908 - 3 November 1990). 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. 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.
After graduating in 1931, he served as Glière’s assistant at the Conservatory in the following year, before becoming a lecturer himself in 1935 and professor of orchestration in 1943.
Rakov’s pupils included Edison Denisov, Boris Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Peiko, Andrei Eshpai, and Alfred Schnittke. In addition, he also gave concerts, as a violinist and as a conductor, and wrote several books on problems in orchestration. He received the Stalin Prize in 1946 for his Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1944) and was named a Peopl
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2 months ago 00:24:42 1
SYMPHONY السيمفونية NO 4 (REFLECTIONS). ABDALLAH EL MASRI. FOR 14 solistes. Moscow Orchestra
3 months ago 00:01:12 2
Nikolai Rakov | The First Violets
5 months ago 00:16:57 1
АЮРВЕДА ЗА 15 МИНУТ. Что такое рак. Первые признаки тяжелых заболеваний.
8 months ago 00:11:10 1
Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990) : Symphony No. 3 for String orchestra “Little Symphony“ (1962)
8 months ago 00:22:28 1
Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990) : Symphony No. 2 “Youth“ (1957)
8 months ago 00:38:42 1
Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990) : Symphony No. 1 (1940)
9 months ago 00:13:47 1
SUITE متتالية FOR FLUTE AND PIANO by Abdallah EL MASRI. IGOR KOTOV (FLUTE) SERGEI USPENSKY (PIANO)
9 months ago 00:05:04 1
سماعي رست فاAbdallah EL MASRI . Lebanese Orchestra. El Masri. Live2017 concert
9 months ago 00:04:40 1
Pavel Eskov/Павел Еськов (geb. 1981), part II
9 months ago 00:01:33 1
Николай Раков / Nikolai Rakov - Первая фиалка (The First Violet)
10 months ago 00:05:17 1
Николай Раков / Nikolai Rakov: Четыре прелюдии, Op.6 (4 Preludes, 1930)
1 year ago 00:10:00 1
Николай Раков / Nikolai Rakov: Соната для флейты и фортепиано (Sonata for Flute and Piano, 1970)