Biography
Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko (Russian: Сергей Никифорович Василенко, Sergej Nikiforovič Vasilenko; 30 March 1872 , Moscow – 11 March 1956, Moscow) was a Russian composer and musical teacher.
Vasilenko originally studied Law at Moscow University, but then changed direction and studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1896 to 1901 as a pupil of Sergei Taneyev and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. In 1903-04 he was the conductor of a private opera house in Moscow. For several years he was the organiser and conductor of the Historic Concerts of the Russian Musical Society. He then became a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Aram Khachaturian, Nikolai Roslavets and Nikolai Rakov.
The Order of the Red Banner was bestowed on him, and he awarded the title "Merited Worker of Arts". He died in 1956.
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