Music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Burial place
Novodevichy Cemetery
Final resting place of many notable Russian figures, including authors, musicians, and political leaders.
Traces in other cities
- Saint Petersburg
- Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre — Professor of composition, harmony and orchestration at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory for about 35 years (1871–1908); the Conservatory now bears his name and occupies the former Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre site.
- Saint Petersburg
- Mariinsky Theatre — Conducted and premiered works at the Mariinsky; long Imperial Theatre career.
- Saint Petersburg
- Shostakovich Philharmonia Grand Hall — Works by Rimsky-Korsakov were premiered in the Hall of the Noble Assembly (today’s Philharmonia Grand Hall), a principal venue of the Imperial Russian Musical Society.
- Saint Petersburg
- Tikhvin Cemetery
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