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.
How was Igor Stravinsky educated?
Why is Igor Stravinsky so famous?
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.