Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

His manner with them was a combination of raw sometimes violent criticism and good humor. Martyn also maintains that Rachmaninoff may have based his interpretation of the Chopin sonata on Rubinstein's traversal pointing out similarities between written accounts of Rubinstein's version and Rachmaninoff's audio recording of the work.

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Russian: Анто́н Григо́рьевич Рубинште́йн tr. November 16] 1829 – November 20 [O. Anton Grigor'evič Rubinštejn) (November 28 [O.