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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev [n 2] (27 April [ O.S. 15 April] 1891 – 5 March 1953) [n 3] was a Russian [7] [8] [9] composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. [10] As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.
Apr 19, 2024 · Sergey Prokofiev, 20th-century Russian composer who wrote in a wide range of musical genres, including symphonies, concerti, and operas. Among his best-known works were scores for the ballet Romeo and Juliet (1936), the children’s tale Peter and the Wolf (1936), and Sergey Eisenstein’s film Alexander Nevsky (1938).
Aug 10, 2023 · Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer (born in Ukraine) who was at the forefront of the Modernist music movement. His symphonies, orchestral suites, and ballets display endless variety and complexity. His most famous works today, perhaps, are the Classical Symphony, the Romeo and Juliet ballet score, and the symphonic fairy tale ...
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- The most famous pieces by Sergei Prokofiev include the Classical Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, and Peter and the Wolf.
- Sergei Prokofiev was born in Ukraine in 1891, which, at that time, was part of the Russian Empire.
- Sergei Prokofiev was quite disagreeable as a person. He was infamous for his self-belief, bordering on arrogance, for his lack of tact, and for his...
- Prokofiev - the child prodigy. Born on 23 April 1891, Prokofiev's musical ambitions were fuelled by hearing his mother playing Chopin and Beethoven on the piano in the evenings.
- Encounter with Glazunov. In 1904, the 13-year old Prokofiev and his mother were introduced to the composer Glazunov, professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- Eccentric and arrogant. Several years younger than most of his classmates at the Conservatory, Prokofiev was viewed as eccentric and arrogant, often expressing his dissatisfaction with the education, which he found boring.
- Scandalous piano music. Prokofiev initially made his name as a composer-pianist, achieving notoriety with a series of difficult works for his instrument, including his first two piano concertos.
Sergei Prokofiev began as a precocious prankster, developed into a fiery young modernist, and finally became a deeper, more emotional barometer of the artistic upheavals of Soviet Russia. In Peter and the Wolf he is the supreme characteriser of animals, in The Love for Three Oranges a madcap fantasist, and in Romeo and Juliet a master of ballet ...
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Jan 23, 2018 · Sergei Prokofiev, who made a devil’s bargain in accepting a commission for “Romeo and Juliet” and moving to Stalinist Russia. The troubled road to the ballet’s premiere left him broken.
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was born on April 23, 1891, in the rural estate of Sontsovka, now present-day Ukraine. His parents were avid supporters of his musical education, with his mother, a proficient pianist, serving as his first music mentor. The melodies of Chopin and Beethoven that filled his childhood home were his initial inspiration.
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