Sergei Prokofiev
composer, pianist

Sergei Prokofiev

  • April 23, 1891 Sontsovka (Ukraine) - March 5, 1953 Moscow (Russia)

Biography

Sergei Prokofiev, the unruly child of Russia

Sergei Prokofiev was a prodigy. At the age of thirteen, he had already composed a small opera, one symphony and two piano sonatas. The son of an engineer, he began music with two teachers: his mother for the piano and Reinhold Glière for composition. He then attended Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov, and Alexander Tcherepnin’s classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. A virtuoso pianist, he began his career with an astounding second piano concerto, which caused a sensation in the musical world.

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Leeds International Piano Competition 2024: Concerto Finals (II/II)

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88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2023

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Franz Welser-Möst conducts Loggins-Hull, Barber, and Prokofiev — With Alisa Weilerstein
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Julian Rachlin conducts and performs Prokofiev, Glinka, and Tchaikovsky — With the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Marin Alsop conducts Skrowaczewski, Panufnik and Prokofiev
Marin Alsop conducts Skrowaczewski, Panufnik and Prokofiev

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Marin Alsop conducts Wagner, Szymanowski, and Prokofiev — With Ewa Tracz
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Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Susanne Barner perform Franck and Prokofiev
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Lahav Shani conducts Prokofiev and Rachmaninov — With Martha Argerich
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Lahav Shani conducts Weber and Mendelssohn

Verbier Festival 2019

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Alexander Malofeev plays Balakirev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Prokofiev
Alexander Malofeev plays Balakirev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Prokofiev

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Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Prokofiev
Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Prokofiev

In recital at the Berliner Philharmonie

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Silenced: Composers in Revolutionary Russia
Silenced: Composers in Revolutionary Russia

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Mao Fujita plays Liszt, Scriabin, and Prokofiev
Mao Fujita plays Liszt, Scriabin, and Prokofiev

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Behzod Abduraimov plays Liszt, Schubert, and Prokofiev
Behzod Abduraimov plays Liszt, Schubert, and Prokofiev

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Romeo & Juliet by Helgi Tómasson, music by Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet by Helgi Tómasson, music by Prokofiev

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Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3
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Yuja Wang performs Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, and Prokofiev
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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg and Tchaikovsky – With Anna Prohaska
Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg and Tchaikovsky – With Anna Prohaska

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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev and Mahler – With Yuja Wang