Henryk Pachulski (1859-1921, sometimes spelled Pachulsky) was a Polish-born pianist, composer and teacher who spent most of his life in Russia. He was born the son of a surveyor and forester, in �azy, near Siedlce, Poland. He studied at the Warsaw Institute of Music under Stanisław Moniuszko and Władysław Żeleński, then at the Moscow Conservatory from 1880, studying with Aleksander Michałowski, Pavel (Paul) Pabst, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Anton Arensky. From 1886 to 1917 he was professor of piano at the conservatory. He never returned to his native country.