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navigation, search  Anton Gregryevich Rubinstein was a Russian
pianist, conductor, and composer of the mid nineteenth century,
of Jewish lineage, who converted to Orthodox Christianity with
his family. He was the older brother of Nikolai Gregryevich
Rubinstein.   Anton Gregryevich Rubinstein was born on November
28, 1829 in the village of Vikhvatinets in the district of
Podolsk, Russia, (now known as Ofatinţi in Transnistria,
Republic of Moldova).The Rubinstein family moved to Moscow,
Russia before the birth, in 1835, of his brother Nikolai, where
his father opened a pencil factory. About 1840, the Rubinstein
family became Orthodox Christians at the direction of his
paternal grandfather. Becoming Orthodox Christians allowed the
Rubinsteins to travel freely, something not permitted for Jews
in Russia at the time.  Anton began piano lesson at the age of
five under the guidance of his mother, Katherina Khristoferovna,
née Lowenstein, who was a competent mu