Herman Laroche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herman Laroche

Russian composer

Date of Birth: 13-May-1845

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1904

Profession: composer, music critic, literary critic, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Herman Augustovich Laroche (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ?????, romanized: German Avgustovich Larosh; also German Avgustovic Laroš; 25 May 1845 in Saint Petersburg – 18 October 1904) was a Russian critic of classical music and composer who was renowned throughout Moscow.Laroche studied piano with Alexandre Dubuque at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
After graduating from the Conservatory in 1866, he worked as a professor of music history and theory at the Moscow Conservatory (1867–1870, 1883–1886) and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1872–1875 and 1879).
He was a lifelong friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.