Klenovsky, Nikolay Semyonovich
(1853–1915)
Klenovsky [Klinóffsky], Nikolay Semyonovich (1853 [1857], Odessa; 6–23/7–6–1915, P.). Cond. and comp. Grad. 1879 from the M. Cons., where he studied comp. with Gubert (Hubert) and P. Chaikovsky , and vn with Hřímalý. Held several cond. positions, incl. at the Bolshoi Theater (1883–93), and was director of the mus. sch. of the RMS in Tbilisi (1893–1902). Later settled in P., where he was assistant director of the Court Chapel (1902–6). Cond. the P. premieres of Dvořák's Sym. No. 9 and Vasily…