Nikolai Semyonovich Klenovsky (Russian:Николай Семёнович Кленовский; 1853 or 1857 – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1915) was a Russian conductor and composer.
Klenovsky was born inOdesa. He studied composition withPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and violin withJan Hřímalý at theMoscow Conservatory, where he graduated from in 1879. He helpedNikolai Rubinstein prepare for the premiere of Tchaikovsky's operaEugene Onegin. Alongside directing the Moscow University Orchestra, Klenovsky conducted at theBolshoi Theater from 1883 to 1893. He moved toTbilisi in 1893 where he continued to conduct music. There he also took charge of theRussian Musical Society's local branch. The conductor was a deputy director of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Chapel from 1902 to 1906. Klenovsky performed in concerts of the local Russian Musical Society branch, where he conducted the premiere ofAntonín Dvořák'sNew World Symphony andVasily Kalinnikov's 2nd Symphony. He died inPetrograd.[1][2][3]
Klenovsky earned praise from Tchaikovsky. Most of his works remained unpublished.Ivan Vsevolozhsky first offered KlenovskyThe Queen of Spades for an opera, before being passed to Villanov and to Tchaikovsky (who completed it). He issued an anthology in 1895, which was later reprinted in Moscow in 1925. His three ballets, which werePrelesti gashisha (1885),Svetlana (1886), andSalanga (1900), were successful. The composer collected and harmonized folk songs withYuly Melgunov. Klenovsky composed four cantatas, a piano suite, Georgian songs, and Georgian liturgy set to Georgian and Russian texts.[2][4]
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