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1 day ago · Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music .
May 14, 2024 · Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer whose work had a revolutionary impact on musical thought and sensibility just before and after World War I, and whose compositions remained a touchstone of modernism for much of his long working life. His most notable composition was the ballet The Rite of Spring.
- Igor Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer whose work revolutionized musical thought and sensibility in the 20th century. His fame rests on a few...
- Igor Stravinsky’s collaborations with Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes, including The Firebird (1910), made him known overnight. Other composi...
- Igor Stravinsky’s father, Fyodor, was one of the leading Russian operatic basses of his day, and Igor’s mother, Anna, was a talented pianist. Igor...
- Igor Stravinsky studied law and philosophy at St. Petersburg University, from which he graduated in 1905. While studying, he showed some of his mus...
- Igor Stravinsky was always in mediocre health—he suffered from tuberculosis in the 1930s and a stroke in 1956—but he continued full-scale creative...
4 days ago · The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich.
3 days ago · The Firebird (French: L'Oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
May 28, 2024 · 2 mins read. On May 29, 1913, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris witnessed one of the most legendary and tumultuous premieres in the history of classical music: the debut of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” (Le Sacre du Printemps). The event has since become a symbol of avant-garde art and a landmark moment in the ...
May 6, 2024 · Monday, May 6, 2024 - 9:07 pm. Igor and Ludwig: A Choral Match Made in Heaven. By: David Martosko. Share: On music history’s broad timeline, Ludwig van Beethoven and Igor Stravinsky have very little in common. They were born 112 years and 2,300 miles apart.
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May 15, 2024 · On May 16 and May 18 he will lead the orchestra in two pieces: the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s oratorio The Sacrifice of Isaac, followed by a work that has become strongly associated with Spano in Atlanta — Igor Stravinsky’s brutal masterwork, The Rite of Spring.
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Igor Stravinsky in USSR: Apollon Musagète, Orpheus, Ode, Fireworks, Song of the Volga Boatman
2016
Igor Stravinsky in 4 Deals: Violin Concerto; Pulcinella Suite; Jeu de Cartes; Movements
2016
New Stravinsky Complete Edition
2021
Stravinsky: Apollo; Jeu de cartes
1989
Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu, 1946; Le Sacre du Printemps, 1940
2022
Stravinsky: Ballets, Vol. 1
1991
