Sergei Korguev

Sergei Pavlovich Korguev was a Russian violinist and music pedagogue born in 1863. He was the son of Pavel Korguev, a hydrographer and the head of the city of Kronstadt. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1888, having studied under Leopold Auer. Korguev served as the concertmaster of the orchestra of students and alumni created by Auer, and later, beginning in 1898, he became the concertmaster of the Court Orchestra of Alexander III. In 1892, he participated in the premiere of the second version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's string sextet "Souvenir de Florence".

From 1899 to 1925, Korguev taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, holding the title of professor from 1908 onward. His distinguished students included Abram Yampolsky, Veniamin Sher, Maria Gamovetskaya, and Mischa Mischakoff. In an official characterization from 1924, Conservatory Rector Alexander Glazunov described Korguev as a man of impeccable moral principles who enjoyed universal respect and authority among both professors and students, dedicating all his energy to the conservatory.

In 1925, Korguev traveled to Germany for medical treatment and did not return to the USSR. By 1927, he was teaching at the Institute of Musical Art in New York, where his teacher Auer also worked. He passed away from stomach cancer in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1932. Korguev authored several musical-pedagogical works, the most significant being "Exercises in Double Notes" (1919), which saw republication in the USSR in 1954 and in the United States in 2000.

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