sentences:  After graduating in 1886, he remained at the Conservatory to teach composition and reached the rank of Professor in 1901.His pupils there included Nikolai Myaskovsky and Sergei Prokofiev.Vītols was a close friend of fellow professors Alexander Glazunov and Anatoly Lyadov; he would regularly participate at Mitrofan Belyayev's "Weekly Fridays"—regular meetings of prominent Russian composers at Belyayev's home.