Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory , where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky , Sergei Tarnowsky , and Felix Blumenfeld .
Simplified: In 1912 he joined Kiev University where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky , Sergei Tarnowsky , and Felix Blumenfeld .