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Anton Door

Austrian pianist (b. 20 June 1833 in Vienna; d. 7 November 1919 in Vienna); known in Russia as Anton Andreevich Door (Антон Андреевич Доор, Anton Andreevič Door).

Door was a student of Karl Czerny, and began his concert career in 1850, touring Italy and Germany. In Stockholm he was appointed pianist to the Swedish royal court, before becoming professor of piano studies at the Moscow Conservatory from 1866 to 1869, where he taught alongside Tchaikovsky. In 1869 he returned to his homeland as a professor at the Vienna Conservatory, where he remained until 1901.

Tchaikovsky's works dedicated to Anton Door:

• Valse-caprice, Op. 4 (1868).

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Anton Door:

• 4 letters from Tchaikovsky to Anton Door have survived, dating from 1876 to 1892.