Dmitri Shostakovich entered the piano class of Leonid Nikolaev. He graduated from the conservatory in Nikolaev's piano class in 1923. Nikolaev educated a number of subsequently famous musicians during his years of teaching at the conservatory, including Shostakovich.
Leonid Nikolaev → Dmitri Shostakovich
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Leonid Nikolaev
1878–2026
Dmitri Shostakovich
2026–1975