Maximilian Steinberg

Maximilian Steinberg (1883 – 1946) was a Russian composer, conductor, musical educator, professor at the Petrograd Conservatory (since 1915), one of the favorite pupils and son-in-law of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1908 and started teaching there the same year. Some of his prominent students include [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1650564]Semyon Cherneczkiy[/url] and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Steinberg wrote five symphonies, two ballets: Metamorphoses (1913) based on Ovid and Thyl Ulenspiegel (1936) by Charles De Coster, as well as a number of symphonic and vocal pieces. He is often confused with songwriter and composer [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3254251]Mikhail Karlovich Steinberg[/url] (1867–?), author of 'Heida Troika' (Гай-да Тройка) and over 70 other popular early XX century romances. Works signed as simply 'M. Steinberg' had been sometimes misattributed even in libraries and catalogues.

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