1875
Reinhold Moritsovich Glière born in Kiev on 11 January.
Son of a woodwind instrument maker of Belgian extraction.
Learned violin from an early age

1891
Entered Kiev Music School to study violin and composition

1894
Became pupil at Moscow Conservatory, studying composition under Taneyev, Ippolitov-Ivanov and Arensky

1900
Graduated from Moscow Conservatory.
Pupils over the following years included Prokofiev, Miaskovsky and Khachaturian

1905
Lived in Berlin until 1907, where he studied conducting with Oskar Fried

1906
Symphony no 1 first performed in England at Queens Hall promenade concert

1908
Conducting debut in Russia

1908
Première of Symphony no 2

1908
Première of Symphonic Poem The Sirens

1911
Completed Symphony no 3

1913
Appointed Professor at Kiev Conservatory

1914
Appointed Director at Kiev Conservatory

1920
Appointed Professor of Composition at Moscow Conservatory, a post held until retirement in 1941

1927
International popularity came with the Ballet The Red Poppy

1937
Awarded the Order of the Red Banner

1938
Chairman of the Management Committee of the Moscow Union of Composers, until 1948

1938
Named People's Artist of the USSR

1941
Retired

1956
Died in Moscow on 23 June