Wassili Kalafati
Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati (Vasilij Pavlovič Kalafati; 10 February 1869, Yevpatoria, Crimea – 20 March 1942, near Leningrad) was a composer and pedagogue of Greek descent in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Kalafati was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and would also teach composition and music theory there between 1907 and 1929, having been promoted to professor in 1923. His own students included Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, and Heino Eller.
Also recorded as Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati
Wassili Kalafati
- Born
- 1869 · Yevpatoriya.
- Died
- 1942 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · university teacher · music teacher
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
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Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati (Vasilij Pavlovič Kalafati; 10 February 1869, Yevpatoria, Crimea – 20 March 1942, near Leningrad) was a composer and pedagogue of Greek descent in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Kalafati was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and would also teach composition and music theory there between 1907 and 1929, having been promoted to professor in 1923. His own students included Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, and Heino Eller.
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Born at Yevpatoriya in 1869, died in Saint Petersburg in 1942.
Wassili Kalafati studied at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Igor Stravinsky, Viktor Trambitsky and Vladimir Dranishnikov are recorded as having studied under Wassili Kalafati. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
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