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Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld
Person · male · Russian Empire · Q12111027 · born 1863 · died 1931 · recording since 1994
Russian composer, pianist, conductor (1863-1931)
Also known as Felix Blumenfeld · Феликс Блуменфельд · Feliks Michajlovič Blumenfel'd · Felix Blumenfeld · Felix Michailowitsch Blumenfeld · Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld · +2 more
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1860s
1930s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Complete Piano Etudes
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2000s
· Album
Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 37: Nápravník: Concerto symphonique, op. 27 / Fantaisie russe, op. 39 / Blumenfeld: Allegro de concert, op. 7
Album
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography296 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375166719
Biography
Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (Russian: Фе́ликс Миха́йлович Блуменфе́льд; 19 April [O.S. 7 April] 1863 – 21 January 1931) was a Russian and Soviet composer and conductor of the Imperial Opera St-Petersburg, pianist, and teacher.
Early life
He was born on 19 April [O.S. 7 April] 1863 in Kovalyovka, near the city of Yelisavetgrad, in Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine). He was the son of Mikhail Frantsevich Blumenfeld, of Austrian Jewish origin, and Maria Szymanowska. He was the uncle of Heinrich Neuhaus and first cousin, once removed of Karol Szymanowski (Felix's mother and Karol's father, Stanisław Szymanowski, were cousins).
Blumenfeld studied with Gustav Neuhaus, who was married to his older sister. Then he studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and piano under Fedor Stein between 1881 and 1885. He then taught piano there himself from 1895 until 1918, whilst also serving as conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1911.
Career
The Mariinsky saw the premieres of the operas composed by his mentor Rimsky-Korsakov. He was also the conductor at the Russian premiere of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.
In 1908, he conducted the Paris premiere of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
From 1918 to 1922, he taught in Kiev, where, amongst others, Vladimir Horowitz was a pupil in his masterclasses. He returned to the Moscow Conservatory in 1922, teaching there until his death. Other famous pupils of his include Simon Barere, Maria Yudina, Nathan Perelman, Anatole Kitain and Maria Grinberg. He died in Moscow on 21 January 1931.
As a pianist, he played many of the compositions of his Russian contemporaries. His own compositions, which showed the influence of Frédéric Chopin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, include a symphony, numerous pieces for solo piano, an Allegro de Concert for piano and orchestra, and lieder.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 20 | 81.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -63 | 6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:31
1Etude in A major, op. 2 no. 12:052Etude in D-flat major, op. 3 no. 15:133Etude in E minor, op. 3 no. 22:044Etude in A minor, op. 3 no. 32:445Valse-Etude in F major, op. 44:526Etude, op. 14 "Sur Mer"5:077Etude de concert in F-sharp minor, op. 244:358Etude-Fantaisie in G minor, op. 25 no. 17:569Etude-Fantasie in E-flat minor, op. 25 no. 26:3310Etude in D minor, op. 29 no. 11:2411Etude in A major, op. 29 no. 21:4312Etude in A-flat major pour la main gauche seule, op. 366:0813Etude in G-flat major, op. 44 no. 11:4014Etude in D-flat major, op. 44 no. 23:2015Etude in E minor, op. 44 no. 33:4616Etude in A minor, op. 44 no. 42:1417Etude-Fantasie in F minor, op. 488:5918Etude in F-sharp major, op. 542:082005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 57:25
1Concerto symphonique in A minor, op. 27: I. Allegro energico —12:582Concerto symphonique in A minor, op. 27: II. Larghetto —7:153Concerto symphonique in A minor, op. 27: III. Allegro vivace10:594Allegro de concert in A major, op. 713:545Fantaisie russe in B minor, op. 3912:192022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:04:23
124 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: I. Andante Religioso1:54224 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: II. Allegro Agitato2:06324 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: III. Allegretto0:49424 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: IV. Andante4:01524 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: V. Allegretto2:33624 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I: VI. Allegro Molto1:28724 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: VII. Allegro Vivo2:11824 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: VIII. Allegro Vivo1:20924 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: IX. Maestoso1:551024 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: X. Andante2:281124 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: XI. Andante con Moto3:091224 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II: XII. Presto1:541324 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XIII. Andantino2:051424 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XIV. Andante maestoso e Lugubre3:051524 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XV. Allegro non Tanto3:281624 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XVI. Adagio3:121724 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XVII. Allegro1:361824 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III: XVIII. Memento mori. Andante3:031924 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XIX. Andante4:022024 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XX. Allegro Furioso1:062124 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XXI. Andante Tranquillo3:062224 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XXII. Allegro1:452324 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XXIII. Allegro1:052424 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV: XXIV. Presto1:2125Etude pour la main gauche seule, Op. 364:5526Etude de concert, Op. 244:46
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 20 | 81.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -63 | 6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | won |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Blumenfeldbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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