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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2009 Nobel Prize Concert
Archives from the 1960s
With Aurélia Schaefer (Cinderella), Francesco N...
Enhanced with exclusive, never-before-seen comm...
Waldbühne 1997: St. Petersburg White Night
Berliner Philharmoniker
With Sergey Smbatyan and the Armenian State Sym...
With Sergey Smbatyan and the Armenian State Sym...
Verbier Festival 2021
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Verbier Festival 2019
1st Moscow's Zaryadye International Festival
New Generation Piano Recital at the Fondation L...
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
2013 New Year's Eve Concert
Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater — T...
