Modest Mussorgsky
composer

Modest Mussorgsky

  • March 21, 1839 Karevo (Russia) - March 28, 1881 St. Petersburg (Russia)

Biography

Mussorgsky's passion of music

Son of a great landowner and descendent of the Smolensk princes Mussorgsky was given a perfect education with governesses, piano lessons and a wide general knowledge. As a young lieutenant in St. Petersburg, he frequented Glinka’s salons where he met Cui and Balakirev who gave him a few lessons in composition. He was drawn to music above all else and composed without ever having received any proper tuition in techniques. He read Berlioz’s theory on orchestration, which was found on his pillow the day he died.

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88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2023

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Silenced: Composers in Revolutionary Russia

Music, War, and Revolution: Volume II

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Khatia Buniatishvili performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Khatia Buniatishvili performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

International Center of Culture and Arts, Kiev

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Evgeny Kissin plays Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and incredible encores
Evgeny Kissin plays Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and incredible encores

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Zubin Mehta conducts Russian masterpieces — With Daniel Barenboim
Zubin Mehta conducts Russian masterpieces — With Daniel Barenboim

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The Art of Singing I/II

Golden Voices of the Century

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the Art of Singing II/II
the Art of Singing II/II

Golden Voices of the Century

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Claudio Abbado conducts Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky
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XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition: Winner's Gala (II/II)
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Valery Gergiev conducts Shchedrin and Mussorgsky – With Denis Matsuev
Valery Gergiev conducts Shchedrin and Mussorgsky – With Denis Matsuev

1st Moscow's Zaryadye International Festival

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Yuri Temirkanov conducts Mussorgsky and Elgar
Yuri Temirkanov conducts Mussorgsky and Elgar

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala

With Valery Gergiev

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Mussorgsky
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Ashkenazy Observed: Episodes from the Life of a Wandering Musician
Ashkenazy Observed: Episodes from the Life of a Wandering Musician

A documentary by Christopher Nupen

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Vladimir Ashkenazy plays and conducts Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition