 He was valued as an improvisor at the piano.His sister Anka fell in love with Alexander Borodin, who had to write many letters to his wife to explain his daily meetings with her.Lodyzhensky started several symphonies, an opera "Dmitri the Usurper" (based on Alexander Pushkin's play "Boris Godunov") and a cantata "The Rusalka", but never finished them.