Vladimir Tsybin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vladimir Tsybin

Russian musician

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1877

Place of Birth: Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 29-May-1949

Profession: flute, composer, conductor, musician, music pedagogy, flautist, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Vladimir Tsybin

  • Vladimir Tsybin (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ?????; July 11, 1877, in Ivanovo-Voznesensk – May 29, 1949, in Moscow) was a flautist, composer and conductor.
  • Born in a family of musicians - his father was a violinist and conductor of a small town orchestra, his mother had a good voice and played guitar.
  • After moving to Moscow, boy's father soon died, and the 9 year old Vladimir was sent to a military orchestra, where he learned to play the flute and piccolo.
  • At age 12 he entered the Moscow Conservatory where he studied flute with Wilhelm Kretschmann (1848–1922).
  • He played in different private orchestras and in 1896 entered Bolshoi Theater as a piccolo player.
  • He held this position until 1907, when, after death of Ernesto Köhler, he became the soloist of the Mariinsky Theater in Sankt-Petersburg.
  • From 1910 to 1914 he studied composition and conducting in Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Alexander Glazunov, Anatoly Lyadov and Nicolai Tcherepnin.
  • In 1914 he was appointed the professor of flute in St.Petersburg Conservatory.
  • In 1920 he returned to Moscow, where he founded a musical school with his wife in the suburb of the city (Pushkino).
  • Soon after he re-entered Bolschoi Theater as a flute solo, and in 1923 was appointed the flute professor of the Moscow Conservatory, where he taught until the end of his life.
  • Vladimir Tsybin is considered to be the founder of the Russian flute school.
  • His works for flute were composed between 1921 and 1949.
  • A national flute competition carrying his name is held in Moscow each three years.

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