Pavel Serebryakov

Pavel Alekseyevich Serebryakov (Russian: Павел Алексеевич Серебряков; 28 February 1909 – 17 August 1977) was a Soviet classical pianist and pedagogue.

Pavel Serebryakov
Birth name	Pavel Alekseyevich Serebryakov
Born	(1909-02-28)28 February 1909 Tsaritsyn, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	17 August 1977(1977-08-17) (aged 68) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Pianist, music pedagogue
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1930–1977

Serebryakov began touring the USSR after ranking 2nd at the I National Competition (1933). A professor at the Leningrad Conservatory, he was the institution's rector from 1938–51 and from 1961 until his death. The Volgograd Conservatory has been named in honor of him since 1989.

Awards and honors

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1938)
• Honored Art Worker of the Uzbek SSR (1944)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1957)
• Order of Lenin (1961)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1962)
• Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour

References

• The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. XVII, page 159.
• Musical Portraits of the 20th Century - LXXVIII, The Voice of Russia