Alexander Siloti

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Alexander Ilyich Siloti (also Ziloti, Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Зило́ти, Aleksandr Iljič Ziloti) (9 October 1863, near Kharkiv - 8 December 1945, New York) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Alexander Siloti was born on his father's estate near Kharkiv, Ukraine (then part of Imperial Russia). He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev from 1871, then from 1875 under Nikolai Rubinstein, brother of the more famous Anton Rubinstein; from that year he also studied counterpoint under Sergei Taneyev, harmony under Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and theory under Nikolai Hubert. He graduated with the Gold Medal in Piano in 1881. Siloti went to Weimar, Germany to further his studies with Franz Liszt, co-founding the Liszt-Verein in Leipzig, and making his professional debut on 19 November 1883. Returning to Russia in 1887, Siloti taught at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Alexander Goldenweiser, Leonid Maximov, and his first cousin Sergei Rachmaninoff. During this period he also began work as editor for Tchaikovsky, particularly on the First and Second piano concertos. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Andante. Bach, Liszt & Debussy Piano Works

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Mouvement. Bach, Schubert & Ravel from the Golden Age.

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"Forgotten Waves" - Piano Music from the Golden Age

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No. 1

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ME on wings of song

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Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach-Siloti, Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert-Liszt and Liszt

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Tchaikovsky: Rare Transcriptions and Paraphrases (Music from the Ballets), Vol. 2

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Prélude

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Melody's Mostly Musical Day

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Les 50 Trésors du Piano - Les Trésors de la Musique Classique

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Bach to You

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If I Were a Bird

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