Koreshchenko [Kuhrishchénkuh] (Koreshtshenko), Arseny Nikolayevich (12–6/18–1870, M.; 1-[3]6–1921, Kharkov). Pianist, comp., pedagogue, cond., and music critic. Was the first recipient of the Gold Medal at the M. Cons., grad. 1888 as a pianist, after study with S. I. Taneyev, and 1891 as a comp., after study with Arensky. Taught at the M. Cons. (1891–94), Mus.-Dramatic Sch. of the M. Philh. (1906–19), and Kharkov Cons. (1919–21). Among his pupils are Avraamov, Bagrinovsky, Dzegelyonok, A. Krein…