 In 1885, Yesipova was appointed Royal Prussian Court Pianist.From 1893 to 1908, she was professor of pianoforte at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.Among her students were Sergei Prokofiev, Leff Pouishnoff, Sergei Tarnowsky, Maria Yudina, Leonid Kreutzer, Isabelle Vengerova, Anastasia Virsaladze, Leo Ornstein, Isidor Achron, Thomas de Hartmann, and Alexander Borovsky (Borowsky) [1889–1968].