Sergei Liapunov short biography

A student of Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Conservatory, Sergei Liapunov went to St. Petersburg, where he was greatly influenced by Balakirev, and later became a professor of the Conservatory. Liapunov left Russia after the Revolution and taught in Paris. Primarily a piano composer, Liapunov wrote a great number of compositions for the instrument displaying his great interest in Russian folksong.