Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov composer date of birth: 07.11.1859 date of death: January 28, 1935 Ippolitov Ivanov Michael (Michail Ippolitoff-Iwanoff) Born in Gatchina near St. Petersburg, Russia, November 7 (19), 1859, + Moscow, January 28, 1935. He studied among other things. with Rimsky Korsakov at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, came to Tbilisi in 1883 as a conductor and music director and in 1893 as a composition professor at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1906 to 1922 he was director of the Moscow Conservatory.