Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский) (1904–1987) was a Soviet Russian composer. Kabalevsky was born in Saint Petersburg on 30th December 1904. His father was a mathematician, and encouraged him to study mathematics; however, in early life he maintained a fascination with the arts, and became an accomplished young pianist, also dabbling in poetry and painting. In 1925, against his father's wishes