An important Russian composer and conductor, Anatoly Liadov was a student of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where Rimsky-Korsakov was one of his teachers. Later, Liadov became a professor of the Conservatory. Liadov was closely associated with Belyayev and assisted him in the creation the publishing house which promoted Russian composers. Liadov's works are fully consistent with the style and ideas of the Russian nationalism.