This was followed by studies in conducting at the Norwegian State Academy of Music where he is currently a faculty member.
Kraus studied piano at the State Academy in Vienna but after graduating decided that what she really loved was dance.
He was a professor at the Latvian State Academy of Arts in 1941 and again between 1945 and 1963.
He went to the State Academy of Music and Fine Art in Vienna.
From 1952 he headed the lute course at the State Academy of Music in Köln.
Steshenko also founded the State Academy of Arts.
In Vienna, she subsequently became a pupil of Bodenwieser at the State Academy.
After the end of World War I, the State Academy was again reorganized.
After World War II, the institution became a State Academy again.
He has served as chief conductor of the State Academy of St. Petersburg since 1994.