Mily balakirev biography of mahatma

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He is particularly known today for his encouragement of Tchaikovsky. He was born on 2nd January 1837 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and died on 29th May 1910 in Saint Petersburg, Russia aged 73.

Major Works

“Russia” (1864)
“Islamey” (1869)
“Tamara” (1882)

Biography Timeline

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev was born on 2nd January 1837 in Nizhny Novgorod into a noble Russian family. His father, Alexey Konstantinovich Balakirev, was a Titular Councillor official in the government. His mother, Elizaveta Ivanovna Balakireva (née Yasherova) introduced him to the piano from the age of four, and he later took a course of lessons with Alexander Dubuque in Moscow.

1847: Death of his mother from smallpox. 

1849: He goes to the Nizhny Novgorod Noble Institute of Alexander the Second.

There he finds a patron, Alexander Ul