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Anton Rubinshtein (1829-1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor, the founder of St. Petersburg Conservatoire. As a pianist, he ranks among the great 19th-century keyboard virtuosos. He became most famous for his series of historical recitals, seven enormous, consecutive concerts covering the history of piano music. He played this series throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, and in the United States. Although best remembered as a pianist and educator, Rubinshtein was also a prolific composer: he wrote twenty operas, the best known of which is The Demon (1871), based on the homonymous subject of the poem by Mikhail Lermontov. He composed many other works, including five piano concertos, six symphonies, and numerous solo piano works, along with a substantial output for chamber ensemble.