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
People in this connection
Leonid Nikolaev
teacher
Dmitri Shostakovich
student