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Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Also known as: Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
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Aug. 16, 2024, 9:47 AM ET (AP)
Peter Sellars' staging of Prokofiev’s `The Gambler' is Salzburg Festival's latest offbeat success
Sergey Prokofiev (born April 23 [April 11, Old Style], 1891, Sontsovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a 20th-century Russian (and Soviet) composer who wrote in a wide range of musical genres, including symphonies, concerti, film music, operas, ballets, and program pieces. Prokofiev (Prokofjev in the transliteration system of the Russian Academy of Sciences) was born into a family of agriculturalists. Village life, with its peasant songs, left a permanent imprint on him. His mother, a good pianist, became the highly gifted child’s first mentor in music and arranged trips to the opera in Moscow. A ...(100 of 2704 words)