Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (Russian: Александр Константинович Глазунов, Romanized: Aleksandr Konstantinovič Glazunov (August 10, 1865 - March 21, 1936), also translated as Glazunov, Glazunov, Glaznov, Russian composer, music educator and conductor. He served as director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory from 1906 to 1917. He later participated in the reorganization of the Petrograd Conservatory and later the Leningrad Conservatory and continued to serve as director until 1930. Glazunov's most famous student during his tenure as dean was Dmitri Shostakovich. In 1928, Glazunov left the Soviet Union and traveled to Europe and the United States, finally settling in Paris. Glazunov became famous quite early. His early works were close to the style of the powerful group. Later, he tried to integrate the strong group and Tchaikovsky styles in his works, and made extensive use of counterpoint. Glazunov's musical orchestration is rich in color, melodies are beautiful, and his writing skills are superb. Glazunov was essentially an instrumental composer, especially known for his orchestral, ballet and chamber music. He is also a rare Russian composer who wrote organ works. Glazunov was once ignored and forgotten in the history of music, and his works were rarely performed or recorded in public. Glazunov's nine symphonies, like Gustav Mahler's nine symphonies, were once regarded as unworthy of discussion and insignificant symphonic creations in the history of music because they were neither avant-garde nor classical enough. However, as the historical positioning of Mahler's symphonies gradually settled, the world's music industry finally began to be curious about the value of the symphonies left by Glazunov and re-evaluate them. In the late 20th century, his complete symphonies and orchestral works have become the most astonishing to senior classical music fans. They have asked many questions, but they have been suffering from a set of "missing links" that cannot be collected. Glazunov's works have sweet and romantic melodies, rich orchestrations, and rich Russian sentiments. As an important link in the history of symphony between Tchaikovsky's Russian romantic school and Shostakovich's modern music school, many record companies and conductors began competing to record the complete works of Glazunov's symphonies at the same time.