Alfred von Glehn

Alfred von Glehn was a Russian cellist and professor, noted as a student of Karl Davydov. A brilliant performer and virtuoso known for his refined taste and organic sense of the instrument's capabilities, he performed successfully in major European cultural centers including Leipzig, Dresden, Vienna, Paris, and London. As a chamber musician, he played in trios with pianists such as Sergei Taneyev, Alexander Siloti, and Vasily Safonov, as well as violinists Leopold Auer and Jan Hřímalý.

His pedagogical and administrative career was significant. From 1882 to 1890, he headed the cello, double bass, and chamber ensemble classes at the Kharkov Music School. In 1888, he organized a student symphony orchestra at Kharkov University, serving as its conductor. In 1890, at the invitation of Vasily Safonov, he moved to the Moscow Conservatory, where he became a professor and eventually the assistant to the rector.

Glehn trained many distinguished musicians; his notable students included cellists Konstantin Minyar-Beloruchev, Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, Alexander Mogilevsky, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Sergei Shirinsky, as well as the composer Alexander Krein. Following the Russian Revolution, he left the country in 1921 and taught for a time in Tallinn. From 1925 until his death, he served as a professor at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin.

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