Reingold Gliere (1875-1956), the Russian composer, conductor and teacher. In 1900 Gliere graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire, where he studied composition with M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, in 1906-1908 he studied conducting with O. Fried in Germany.

During the period of 1900-1907 and 1909-1913 Gliere lectured theory disciplines in the Gnesins Music School. Taneyev found two private pupils for him in 1902: Nikolai Myaskovsky and the eleven-year-old Sergei Prokofiev, whom Gliere taught on Prokofiev’s parental estate Sontsovka. In 1913 he gained an appointment to the school of music in Kiev, which was raised to the status of conservatory shortly after, as Kiev Conservatory. A year later he was appointed director. In Kiev he taught among others Levko (Lev) Revutsky, Borys Lyatoshynsky and Vladimir Dukelsky (who became well known in the West as Vernon Duke).

In 1924-1930 Gliere was the chairman of the All-Russian Dramatists and Composers Society.

In 1920 Gliere mov ed to the Moscow Conservatory where he (intermittently) taught until 1941.

Gliere continued traditions of the Russian music classics. Most significant compositions were created for theatre, in particular the ballet music (''Red Poppy'' and ''Bronze Horseman'').

Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra dates 1943. That was the Second World War. The premiere took place on May 12, 1943. Nadezhda Kazantseva (soprano) and Radio Symphony Orchestra (conducted by A. I. Orlov) performed it in the Moscow Column Hall of the Unions House.