Philipp Bronfin was a Russian and Soviet teacher and music critic. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1909, where he studied composition with Alexander Glazunov after earlier studies with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
From 1912 to 1917, Bronfin taught music theory at the Rapgof Courses. Beginning in 1918, he worked as a reviewer for the newspapers Petrograd Truth and Evening Truth and the journal Life of Art. He also directed symphonic concerts and lectured.
From 1923, Bronfin taught music theory at music schools and other educational institutions. He lectured for the State Association of Music, Variety and Circus and the Concert Bureau of Leningrad theaters. He died in Leningrad on January 3, 1935.
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