Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (Russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; January 11 1875 (O.S. 30 December 1874) – June 23, 1956) was a Russian composer.

He was born in Kiev, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory un

Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (Russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; January 11 1875 (O.S. 30 December 1874) – June 23, 1956) was a Russian composer.

He was born in Kiev, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Sergey Taneyev, Anton Arensky and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov among others. He was himself professor of composition at the conservatory from 1920 to 1941, when his pupils included Sergei Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian. From 1938 to 1948 he was chairman of the organising committee of the USSR Composers' Union. He died in Moscow.