Akimenko, Fyodor Stepanovich
(1876–1945)
Akimenko [Akeeménkuh] (real name Yakimenko), Fyodor Stepanovich (2–8/20–1876, Kharkov; 1–8–1945, Paris). Ukrainian comp., pianist, and musicologist. Brother of Stepovoy. Akimenko studied with Balakirev at the Court Chapel in P. (1886–95), then attended the P. Cons., where his teachers incl. A. K. Lyadov , N. Rimsky-Korsakov , and Vītols. He grad. in 1914 and from 1919–23 taught at this institution. He was Stravinsky's first composition teacher and also contributed many articles to RMG…