How was Igor Stravinsky educated?

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Igor Stravinsky studied law and philosophy at St. Petersburg University, from which he graduated in 1905. While studying, he showed some of his musical compositions to composer Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, who was sufficiently impressed to take Stravinsky as a private pupil while advising him not to enter the conservatory for conventional academic training.

Why is Igor Stravinsky so famous?

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Igor Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer whose work revolutionized musical thought and sensibility in the 20th century. His fame rests on a few works, notably The Rite of Spring (1913), wherein he presented a new concept of music involving constantly changing rhythms and metric imbalances, a brilliantly original orchestration, and drastically dissonant harmonies.