Sergei Prokofiev

Composer

1891 – 1953

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Who was Sergei Prokofiev?

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous musical genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard works as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet – from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken – and Peter and the Wolf, as well as five piano concertos, nine completed piano sonatas and seven symphonies.

A graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatory, Prokofiev initially made his name as an iconoclastic composer-pianist, achieving notoriety with a series of ferociously dissonant and virtuosic works for his instrument, including his first two piano concertos.

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Born
Apr 23, 1891
Donetsk Oblast
Also known as
  • Serge Prokofiev
  • Sergej Prokofjev
  • Serge Prokofieff
  • Serge Prokofjev
  • Prokofieff
  • Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev
  • Sergey Prokofiev
  • Prokofiev
  • Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
  • Sergej Prokofjew
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Russian
Nationality
  • Russian Empire
  • Soviet Union
Profession
Education
  • Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Lived in
  • San Francisco
  • Paris
  • Ettal
Died
Mar 5, 1953
Moscow
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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