The Aksakov family is famous for its many well educated and talented people. One of them is the famous composer Sergey Sergeevich Aksakov, a great-grandson of the writer Sergey Timofeevich Aksakov. Sergey Sergeevich was born on January 5, 1891 in the family of Collegiate Secretary Sergey Grigorievich Aksakov and daughter of Rear Admiral Ivan Sveshnikov, Serafima Ivanovna Aksakova. By that time, two children were already born to the family: the younger Konstantin was 3 years old and the elder Maria was 5.
Sergey Aksakov first studied at private men’s Polivanov Gymnasium, and after enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory, where by 1911 he had already mastered the full scope of the conservatory program. At his father’s insistence, he continued his education at the Imperial Lyceum in St. Petersburg, as was the tradition within the Aksakov family. At the same time, he continued to practice music with the famous Russian composer Sergey Lyapunov.
After graduating from the Lyceum, Sergey went to serve in the State Chancellery in the Department of the Code of Laws. He combined his work as an official with the piano concerts he gave in Moscow, Minsk and Kiev. At around the same time in St. Petersburg and Kiev his first musical compositions were launched into print. In February 1915, he interrupted his civil service and started studying in the prestigious Page Corps, where after graduation he was awarded an officer’s title.
In 1918, Aksakov and his family moved to Harbin. Before long, he was invited to work as a piano class professor at the Shanghai State Conservatory. In 1930 he established his own music studio in Shanghai and bought a house there. In 1946, the Aksakov family received Soviet citizenship and in 1952 left for the USSR, where he received permission to work on developing the musical education system.
Aksakov’s first Soviet workplace was a music school in the town of Tara near Omsk, where he taught piano and music theory classes. Later he managed to leave for Minsk, and in the early 1960s he was admitted to the Union of Soviet Composers. Until his death in 1968, he played solo concerts and wrote compositions in various genres.
Sergey Aksakov first studied at private men’s Polivanov Gymnasium, and after enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory, where by 1911 he had already mastered the full scope of the conservatory program. At his father’s insistence, he continued his education at the Imperial Lyceum in St. Petersburg, as was the tradition within the Aksakov family. At the same time, he continued to practice music with the famous Russian composer Sergey Lyapunov.
After graduating from the Lyceum, Sergey went to serve in the State Chancellery in the Department of the Code of Laws. He combined his work as an official with the piano concerts he gave in Moscow, Minsk and Kiev. At around the same time in St. Petersburg and Kiev his first musical compositions were launched into print. In February 1915, he interrupted his civil service and started studying in the prestigious Page Corps, where after graduation he was awarded an officer’s title.
In 1918, Aksakov and his family moved to Harbin. Before long, he was invited to work as a piano class professor at the Shanghai State Conservatory. In 1930 he established his own music studio in Shanghai and bought a house there. In 1946, the Aksakov family received Soviet citizenship and in 1952 left for the USSR, where he received permission to work on developing the musical education system.
Aksakov’s first Soviet workplace was a music school in the town of Tara near Omsk, where he taught piano and music theory classes. Later he managed to leave for Minsk, and in the early 1960s he was admitted to the Union of Soviet Composers. Until his death in 1968, he played solo concerts and wrote compositions in various genres.
