Music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here
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.
Performed here
Mariinsky Theatre
Conducted and premiered works at the Mariinsky; long Imperial Theatre career.
Performed here
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.
Burial place
Tikhvin Cemetery
Historic cemetery and part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, known for its notable interments of Russian cultural figures.
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