Arensky is a Russian composer and pianist who specializes in romantic chamber music and piano composition. He serves as a musical educator and composition mentor, drawing on his experience teaching prominent composers like Scriabin and Rachmaninoff.
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861โ1906). Russian composer and pianist. He is now mainly remembered for his Piano Trio in D minor (1894) and String Quartet No. 2, incorporating Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, for violin, viola and two cellos (1894). He taught *Scriabin and *Rachmaninoff and drank himself to death in Finland. An Antarctic glacier is named for him.