Andronik Klimchenko

Russian educator and musician (b. 17/29 March 1831; d. 11/24 February 1909), born as Andronik Mikhaylovich Klimchenko (Андроник Михайлович Климченко).

Klimchenko was an inspector at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, chairman of the Artists' Mutual Benefit Society, and deputy chairman of the Saint Petersburg section of the Russian Musical Society.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

5 letters have survived from Tchaikovsky to Andronik Klimchenko, dating from 1876 to 1881, all of which have been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 497a – 18/30 September 1876, from Moscow
• Letter 503a – 8/20 October 1876, from Moscow
• Letter 503b – 8/20 October 1876, from Moscow
• Letter 503c – 12/24 October 1876, from Moscow
• Letter 1921 – 29 December 1881/10 January 1882, from Rome

One letter from Klimchenko to the composer, dating from 8/20 January 1881, is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a⁴, No. 1487).

Bibliography

• Неизвестные письма П. И. Чайковского (1939)
• К истории первого исполнения в Петербурге Третьего квартета Чайковского. Неизданные письма композитора к А. М. Кпимиченко (2003)