Nikolai Zverev 1833 – 1893

Biography

Nikolai Zverev was born on March 25, 1833, in Volokolamsk, a town in western Russia. Over the course of his lifetime, he became an accomplished classical pianist whose contributions to Russian musical life left a lasting impression on his contemporaries and the generations that followed. His career spanned decades during a period of significant development in Russian classical music.

Throughout his professional life, Zverev was recognized for his dedication to the piano and the classical repertoire. He lived during an era when Russian musical culture was flourishing and establishing itself as a distinct and important voice in European classical traditions. His work as a pianist reflected the refined artistic standards of nineteenth-century Russian musical society.

Zverev spent much of his later life in Moscow, the cultural heart of Russia. He passed away on October 12, 1893, at an age that allowed him to witness the full arc of the Romantic era in classical music. His remains were interred at the Danilov Monastery in Moscow’s Danilovsky District, a final resting place befitting a man of his cultural standing and contribution to Russian artistic life.