Prokofiev, Sergei
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| Birthname | Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevitch | ||
| born on | 23 April 1891 at 17:00 (= 5:00 PM ) | ||
| Place | Sontsovka, Russia, 48n30, 35e01 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m35e01 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   03°09'   26°18 Asc. 11°57'
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Biography
Russian composer of marches, army songs, opera and symphonies, including, "War and Peace," "Cantata Seven," "They are Seven," the musical fairy tale, "Peter and the Wolf," the score for Eisenstein's film "Alexander Nevsky," the "Lt. Kije Suite" and "A Love for Three Oranges." Trained in piano by his mother, he wrote his first piano score for opera in 1900 at the age of nine. He entered St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1904, graduating in 1914, having written four orchestral pieces, a piano concerto, an opera and four piano sonatas. Escaping the Revolution in 1918, he spent time in the U.S. and Paris, finally settling in Moscow in 1933.
Died of a stroke 03/04/1953, Moscow.
Events
- Death by Disease 4 March 1953 (Stroke, age 61)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1900 (Wrote his first piano score, age nine)
- Social : Begin a program of study 1904 (St. Petersburg Conservatory)
- Social : End a program of study 1914 (Graduated from St. Petersburg)
- Family : Change residence 1918 (Left Russia because of the Revolution)
- Family : Change residence 1933 (Final residence in Moscow)
Source Notes
Kassandra K. quotes his autobiography, pub by Foreign Language Publishing house, Moscow, p.15.
Categories
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports (Tennis)
- Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Vocation : Entertainment : Child performer (Composing musical scores, age nine)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Piano)
- Lifestyle : Home : Many moves
