Rachmaninoff, Sergey
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Born: 1 April 1873, Onega, Russia
Died: 28 March 1943, Los Angeles, USA

Rachmaninoff by Angel Peterchev, Copyright 2001Rachmaninoff, Sergey

A great pianist and one of Russia's important composers. At an early age, when his rich father lost his fortune, Rachmaninoff was sent to learn with a private teacher, in whose house he met Tchaikovsky, the composer who inspired him to write an opera sketch called "Aleko" as a graduation exercise. He also wrote the Piano Preludes Op. 3 (the most famous one is the Prelude in C# minor). After his first symphony failed, he wrote the No. 2 Concerto for PianoPiano Concerto No.2 in Cm, Op.18 - Part 2 (Adagio sostenuto) - RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No.2 in Cm, Op.18 - Part 2 (Adagio sostenuto) - Rachmaninoff, that had tremendous success and is popular to this very day. The Symphony No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 3, and the rest of his symphonic music, placed him as a prominent composer, but the Communist Revolution of 1917 made him leave for the United States, where he became a distinguished and successful concert pianist.

In the 1930's he went back to composing, and his "Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini"Variations 1-6 from the Rhapsody on a Paganini's theme, Op.43 - Rachmaninoff, like the Third Symphony, put him back in the center of the musical scene, till his death. In spite of the fact that he was a 20th century composer, his music was always characterized by a tendency to Classic forms and loyalty to tonality.



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