Nikolai Zaremba
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Nikolai Ivanovich Zaremba (15 June 1821 - 8 April 1879) was a Russian musical theorist and composer.
Zaremba was born in the government of Vitebsk in 1821. He was one of the original professors at the St. Petersburg Conservatory when it was founded in 1861. In 1867, he succeeded Anton Rubinstein as the director of the conservatory and held the post until 1871. He died in St. Petersburg in 1879.
His most famous student at the conservatory was Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Others included Vassily Safonov.
Zaremba's compositions are now forgotten. They include the oratorio John the Baptist.
