Rubinshtein [Rubeenshtáyn] (Rubinstein), Nikolay Grigor'yevich (6–2/14–1835, M.; 3–11/23–1881, Paris, of consumption). Pianist, cond., pedagogue, and comp. Brother of A. Rubinshtein. Nikolay Rubinshtein received his first piano lessons at the age of four from his mother. Following the removal of the Rubinshtein family to Berlin in 1844 he studied piano with Kullak and harmony and counterpoint with S. Dehn. On returning to M. in 1846, his piano teacher was A. Villuan (Villoing), with whom in…