Ivan Fyodorovich Laskovsky (Russian: Иван Фёдорович Ласковский, 13 October 1799 – 12 December 1855) was a Russian pianist and composer of the Romantic era. Ivan Laskovsky was born on 13 October 1799 in Saint Petersburg. His father was a Russian of Polish descent, while his mother was Russian. By the age of eight he could play fairly difficult pieces on the piano. He received his education at a private boarding school. Laskovsky served in the Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment from 1817 until 1832. After retiring he became an officer at the Ministry of War. He was a student of John Field and studied theory with Johann Konrad Friedrich Haberzettel, despite this, he did not receive complete music education. The pianist was regarded as one of the greatest of Saint Petersburg. He was close friends with Mikhail Glinka, Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Mikhail Vielgorsky. Ivan Laskovsky passed away on 12 December 1855 in the city. (Collapse)...(Read more)