Viel'gorsky, Matvey Yur'yevich

Viel'gorsky [Veeyilgórsky] (V'yel'gorsky, Wielhorsky), Matvey (Mateusz) Yur'yevich (4–15/26–1794, P.; 3–5–1866, Nice). Like his older brother, Mikhail, Count Matvey Viel'gorsky was a passionate lover of music. Highly regarded as a cellist (he was a pupil of Adolph Meinhardt and Bernhard Romberg), he first followed a military career, then devoted himself to the arts, taking part in concerts organized by his brother during the years 1822–23 and, subsequently, in the M. and P. salons and abroad…