Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory.
Portrait of Rubinstein by Ilya Repin (1887)
Brothers Rubinstein: Nikolai (left) and Anton, 1862
"Van II": Liszt considered Rubinstein to have a physical likeness to Ludwig van Beethoven.
Rubinstein headstone in Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.
The conservatory, as seen in 2013
Theatre Square and the conservatory, as seen in 1913