Igor Stravinsky, an unclassifiable composer, was accustomed to music from a very early age in particularly thanks to his father who was a famous bass at the St. Petersburg Opera. From Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, one of his teachers, he retained orchestral luxuriance and his first works were imbued with the shimmering colours of Russian folklore. His encounter with Diaghilev, who commissioned The Firebird ballet (1910), would determine the young composer’s future. Stravinsky began to travel and his insolent and disconcerting art made a name for him beyond the Russian frontiers.
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Archives from the 1960s
With the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
With Zubin Mehta and Sarah Chang
Verbier Festival 2019
Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, Sibelius's Symphony...
Deauville Easter Festival
Pompeii's Grand Theater
The Orchestre de Paris celebrates 50 years
The Orchestre de Paris at the Aix-en-Provence F...
Recital for two pianos at the Fondation Louis V...
Celebrating 50 years of the International Music...
Waldbühne 2009: Russian Rhythms
New Philharmonia Orchestra - BBC Symphony Orche...
