Herman Laroche


Herman Augustovich Laroche was a Russian critic of classical music and composer who was renowned throughout Moscow.
Laroche studied piano with Alexandre Dubuque at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. After graduating from the Conservatory in 1866, he worked as a professor of music history and theory at the Moscow Conservatory and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was a lifelong friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.