Adolf von Henselt (1814-1889). Studied with Hummel(student of Mozart) . Settled in St.Petersburg in 1838.
Pupils: Nikolai Zverev (1832-1893)

John Field (1782-1837). Studied with Clementi. Settled in St.Petersburg in 1802, moved to Moscow in 1822.
Pupils: Alexander Dubuc (1812-1898)
Charles Mayer (who taught Glinka)

Alexander Vasilievich Dubuc (1812-1898). Studied with John Field. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1865-1872.
Pupils: Mili Balakirev (1837-1910)
Alexander Villoing (1804-1878)
Nikolai Zverev (1832-1893)

Alexander Ivanovich Villoing (1804-1878). Studied with Alexander Dubuc.
Pupils: Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881)
Vasili Safonov (1852-1918)

Nikolai Sergeievich Zverev (1832-1893). Studied with Adolf von Henselt and Alexander Dubuc. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1870-1893.
Pupils: Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948)
Arseni Koreshchenko (1870-1921)
Matvei Pressman
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Alexander Skriabin (1870-1915)
Alexander Siloti (1863-1845)

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894). Studied with Alexander Villoing. Founded the St.Petersburg Conservatory in 1862. Taught there and also in in Moscow.
Pupils: Artur Friedheim (1859-1932)
Ossip Gabrilovich (1878-1936)
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957)
Nadezhda Purgold (married Rimsky-Korsakov)
Vera Timanova

Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881). Studied with Alexander Villoing and Theodor Kullak. Founded the Moscow Conservatory in 1866. Taught there from 1866-1881. Pupils: Emil von Sauer
Alexander Siloti (1863-1845)
Sergei Taneyev
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Louis Brassin (1840-1884). Studied with Ignaz Moscheles. Taught at the St.Petersburg Conservatory from 1879-1884.
Pupils: Gennadi Korganov (1858-1890)
Vasili Safonov (1852-1918)
Vasili Sapelnikov (1867-1941)

Vasili Ilich Safonov (1852-1918). Studied with Louis Brassin and Alexander Villoing. Taught in St.Petersburg from 1881-1885, then in Moscow from 1886-1905, where he became Director of the Conservatory.
Pupils: Grigori Beklemishev (1881-1935)
Alexander Goedicke (1877-1957)
Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Julius Isserlis (1888-1968)
Viktor Labunski (1895-1966)
Josef Lhevinne (1874-1944)
Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) married Joseph Lhevinne
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
Leonid Nikolaiev (1878-1942)
Matvei Pressman
Alexander Skriabin

Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863-1931). Studied with Anton Rubinstein. Taught in St.Petersburg, Kiev and Moscow.
Pupils: Simon Barere (1896-1951)
Iso Elinson (1907-1964)
Maria Grinberg (1908-1979)
Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1989)
Viktor Labunski (1895-1966)
Pierre Luboschutz (1891-1971)
Heinrich Neuhaus (1888-1964)
Vladimir Sofronitzky (1901-1961)
Maria Yudina (1899-1971)
Vladimir Belov


Leonid (Lev) Nikolaiyev
Pupils: Vladimir Sofronitsky


Alexander Siloti (1863-1945). Studied with Nikolai Zverev and Nikolai Rubinstein. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1886-1890.
Pupils: Alexander Goldenweiser
Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948)
Alexander Kelberin (1903-1940)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936). Studied with Yelenkovsky. Taught at the St.Petersburg Conservatory.
Pupils: Simon Barere (1896-1951)
Dmitri Tiomkin
Vladimir Sofronitzky (1901-1961)
Isabelle Vengerova (1877-1957)
Maria Yudina (1899-1970)

Konstantin Nikolaievich Igumnov (1873-1948). Studied with Nikolai Zverev and Alexander Siloti. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1899.
Pupils: Anatol Alexandrov (1888-?)
Arno Babadzhanian (b. 1921) teaches at Erevan Conservatory
Elena Beckman-Scherbina
Bella Davidovich (b. 1928)
Issai Dobrowen (1894-1953)
Yakov Flier (1912-1978)
Maria Grinberg (1908-1979)
Pierre Luboschutz (1891-1971)
Yakov Milstein
Lev Oborin (1907-1974)
Nikolai Orlov (1892-1964)
David Rabinovich
Naum Shtarkman
Yakov Weinberg
Alexander Uninsky
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Lazar Berman


Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser (1875-1961). Studied with and Alexander Siloti. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1906. Appointed Director in 1922.
Pupils: Dmitri Bashkirov (b. 1930)
Lazar Berman
Sergei Evseiev (1894-1956)
Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
Grigori Ginzburg (1903-1961)
- principal assistant
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-?)
Tatiana Nikolaieva (1924-1993)
Nikolai Petrov
Leonid Roisman
Isabelle Vengerova (1877-1957)
Oxana Yablonskaya
Tatiana Kestner
Viktor Merzhanov
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Yakov Zak
Yakov Fliyer
Lev Oborin
Dmitri Bashkirov
Nikolai Petrov


Leonid Nikolaiev (1878-1942). Studied with Vasili Safonov. Taught at the St.Petersburg Conservatory from 1909-1926.
Pupils: Nadia Reisenberg (1904-1983) - taught at Juilliard
Dmitri Shostakovich
Vladimir Sofronitzky (1901-1961)
Pavel Stasevich
Vera Vinogradova
Maria Yudina (1899-1971)
Alexander Zakin (1903-)

Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) Studied with Vasili Safonov. Married Joseph Lhevinne. Taught at the Juilliard School of Music.
Pupils: Vera Brodsky
John Browning
Van Cliburn
Mischa Dichter
Morton Esrin
Olegna Fuschi
Sasha Gorodnitzky
Tong Il Han
Leonid Lipovetzky
Garrick Ohlsson
Ursula Oppens
Daniel Pollack
Ilana Vered

Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus (1888-1964). Was Felix Blumenfeld's nephew and Karol Szymanowski's cousin. Studied with Alexander Michalowski, Felix Blumenfeld, and Leopold Godowsky. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1923.
Pupils: Leonid Brumberg (b. 1925) was Neuhaus' assistant - now teaches in Vienna
Viktor Eresko
Emil Gilels (1916-1989)
Rudolf Kerer (b. 1920)
Vladimir Krainev
Radoslav Kvapil (b. 1934)
Radu Lupu (b. 1945)
Evgeni Malinin (b. 1930)
Vitali Margulis (b. 1928)
Alexei Nasedkin (b. 1942)
Lev Naumov - was Neuhaus' assistant
Stanislav Neuhaus (1927-1980) Heinrich's son
Sviatoslav Richter (b. 1915)
Julia Slendzinka
Alexander Slobodianik (b. 1942)
Yakov Zak (1913-1976)
Igor Zhukov (b. 1936)
Vera Gornostaeva

Sergei Vasilievich Evseiev (1894-1956). Studied with Lev Conus and Alexander Goldenweiser. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922.

Grigori Ginzburg (1903-1961). Studied with Alexander Goldenweiser and was his assistant. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1928.
Pupils: Sergei Dorensky Yakov
Aniada Sabatian

Vladimirovich Flier (1912-1978). Studied with Konstantin Igumnov. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory since 1937.
Pupils: Bella Davidovich (b. 1928)
Mikhail Pletnev (b. 1957)
Mark Zeltzer

Yakov Izrailevich Zak (1913-1976). Studied with Heinrich Neuhaus. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1935.
Pupils: Valeri Afanassiev (b. 1947)
Yuri Egorov (1954-1988)
Nikolai Petrov
Alexander Toradze (b. 1953)
Elisso Virsaladze

Emil Gilels (1916-1989) Studied with Bertha Reingbart, Yakov Tkach and Heinrich Neuhaus. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1951.
Pupils: Valeri Afanassiev (b. 1947)

Stanislav Neuhaus (1927-1980). Studied with his father. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory.
Pupils: John Bingham (b. 1942)
Vladimir Krainev
Radu Lupu (b. 1945)
Evgeni Malinin (b. 1930)
Andrei Nikolsky (b. 1959)
Peter Rossel
Brigitte Engerer (b. 195?)
Irina Chukosvsky

Lev Nikolaievich Oborin (1907-1974). Studied with Konstantin Igumnov. Taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1936.
Pupils: Vladimir Ashkenazy (b. 1937)
Boris Berman (b. 1948)
Boris Zemliansky (1925-1977) - principal assistant

Lev Naumov, student and assisstant to Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus (1888-1964).
Pupils: Andrei Diev - was Naumov's assistant
Sergei Tarasov


Aniada Sabatian
Pupils: Vladimir Ashkenazy (b. 1937)
Vladimir Krainev
Oxana Yablonskaya
N.Akopian

Leah Zelikhman
Pupils : Grigory Sokolov


Tatiana Kestner, studied with Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser (1875-1961). Taught at the Moscow Conservatory
Pupils: Andrei Gavrilov
Nikolai Petrov
Elena Kuschnerova

Vera Gornostaeva, Student of Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus (1888-1964).
Pupils: Eteri Andjaparidze
Ivo Pogorelich
Yurie Miura
Ayako Uehara
Alexander Slobodianik
Dina Yaffe
Irina Chukosvsky