Timeline |
1844 |
Born 18 March in Russia; the son of aristocratic parents |
1850 |
Learns to play piano and begins composing short pieces of his own |
1856 |
Enters the St. Petersburg Naval College |
1861 |
Meets composers Balakirev and Mussorgsky, fellow members of "The Five" |
1862 |
In the navy, embarks on a voyage around the world |
1865 |
Symphony No.1 performed, at Balakirev's Free School of Music in St. Petersburg |
1871 |
While still in navy, becomes professor of composition at St. Petersburg Conservatory |
1873 |
Marries pianist Nadezhda Purgold |
1874 |
Becomes director of the Free School of Music |
1905 |
Sacked from Conservatory for left-wing sympathies |
1907 |
Last opera, The Golden Cockerel, banned |
1908 |
Fatal angina attack, 21 June |