In the few months before he was sent to Petersburg, he managed to have some lessons in music theory with the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko, who was residing in Vilnius at the time.
Nos poucos meses antes de que fose enviado a San Petersburgo, conseguiu recibir leccións de teoría musical co compositor polaco Stanisław Moniuszko, que estaba residindo en Vilnius nesa época.