![]() ![]() In 1909 he gave up his musical career for good when he entered the law faculty at Moscow University. Three finished piano pieces composed by the young poet have survived from these years.Īlthough everyone assumed that Pasternak would become a professional musician, he was wary of his lack of technical skill. Inspired by the composer Alexander Scriabin, who was a friend of the family, Pasternak devoted six years to the study of composition. While he drew well, to the delight of his father, his first love was botany and second, music. ![]() In addition to his parents, Pasternak’s teachers were private tutors until he entered high school in 1901, where he received a classical education. His parents received constant visits from prominent Moscow writers, artists, and intellectuals, including, the yet unknown Rainer Maria Rilke in 1899, whose writing greatly influenced Pasternak. His father taught art at the school which essentially served as Pasternak’s childhood home. Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, the oldest child of painter Leonid Pasternak and pianist Roza Kaufman, was born in Moscow on February 10, 1890. ![]()
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