Alexander Tcherepnin 5 Concert Etudes Chinese, Op. 52 (1934 1936)

Composer: Alexander Tcherepnin ( 1899 1977 ) Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Черепнин; 21 January 1899 29 September 1977) was a Russianborn composer and pianist. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and played the piano and composed prolifically from a very early age. He was stimulated in this activity by the atmosphere at home, whichthanks to his family s BenoisDiaghilev connectionwas a meeting place for many wellknown musicians and artists of the day. By the time he began formal theory and composition studies in his late teens, he had already composed hundreds of pieces, including more than a dozen piano sonatas. Among his teachers in Russia were composer Victor Belyayev (pupil of Anatoly Lyadov and Alexander Glazunov), who prepared Tcherepnin for St. Petersburg Conservatory; Leokadiya Kashperova (renowned pianist, protégée of Anton Rubinstein); and his professor at the Conservatory Nikolay Sokolov (pupil of Nikolai