Samuel Maykapar

Samuel Moiseyevich Maykapar (Russian: Самуил Моисеевич Майкапар) (18 December 1867 – 8 May 1938) was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and author of a number of piano practice pieces.

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If Scandinavia had Schytte, and Germany had Czerny and Schmitt, then russia had Samuel Maykapar . He was the long-time professor of piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His exploits as a pianist include an unparalleled, at the time, series of concerts lasting seven days where he played all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He not only was a fine musician and teacher but also a lawyer. He founded his own music school where he used his own collection of piano exercises to teach many russian keyboard luminaries.