Prokofiev, Sergei

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Sergei Prokofiev
Name
Prokofiev, Sergei Gender: M
Sergei Sergeyevitch Prokofiev
born on 23 April 1891 at 17:00 (= 5:00 PM )
Place Sontsovka, Russia, 48n30, 35e01
Timezone LMT m35e01 (is local mean time)
Data source
Bio/autobiography
Rodden Rating B
Collector: Rodden
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_taucol.18.gif 03°09' s_mo.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 26°18 Asc.s_libcol.18.gif 11°57'



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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • 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)
  • Death by Disease 4 March 1953 (Stroke, age 61)

Source Notes

Kassandra K. quotes his autobiography, pub by Foreign Language Publishing house, Moscow, p.15.

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports (Tennis)
  • Lifestyle : Home : Many moves
  • Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO)
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Child performer (Composing musical scores, age nine)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Piano)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book

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