Nikolay Medtner short biography

An outstanding Russian pianist and composer, Nikolay Medtner was a student of the Moscow Conservatory. Medtner later was employed as a piano professor there before he left Russia in 1921 to settle in Paris and later in England. Medtner's works are mainly for the piano and voice. All Medtner's piano sonatas became very popular and are frequently performed.  Medtner's style is often compared to that of Rachmaninov.