Николай Раков

Nikolai Petrovich Rakov (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Ра́ков, Nikolaj Petrovič Rakov; 14 March [O.S. 1 March] 1908, – 3 November 1990), was a Soviet violinist, composer, conductor, and academic at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied. He composed mostly instrumental works, for orchestra, chamber music and piano music, especially pedagogic works. In 1946, he received the Stalin Prize for his… More