Sergei Rachmaninoff
Also known as Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninoff, Rach, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who lived from 1873 to 1943 and created some of the most emotionally expressive music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works, which include famous piano concertos and symphonies, remain widely performed and beloved by audiences today.
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- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1943
- Works
- 277
Top works
- Романсы для высокого голоса с фортепиано
- Транскрипции для фортепиано
- Alicia de Larrocha
- Kolokola, Op. 35
- מרתון רחמנינוב [תכניה]
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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892, having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces. In 1897, following the…
Known for
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self (archive footage)2005
- Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow — Archive Footage1998
- Alexander Scriabin – Towards the Light / Calculation and Ecstasy — Himself1996
- The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)1950
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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness, dense contrapuntal textures, and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he used his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff began learning the piano at the age of four. He studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1892, having already written several compositions. In 1897, following the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little, until supportive therapy allowed him to complete his well-received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. Rachmaninoff went on to become conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1904 to 1906, and relocated to Dresden, Germany, in 1906. He later embarked upon his first tour of the United States as a concert pianist in 1909.
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